Whales rescued from plastic

[Catherine]

Plastic pollution is entirely our fault. Since we are the only species that uses plastic, we can't blame anyone else.

Plastic is very good and there are times when it is the best material for the job(disposable one use medical supplies). However, as usual with us, once we developed plastics, we went crazy and used them for everything. Because they were cheap we used them once and threw them away, often as not in Tobi's lane and other places where they should not be. (I know how frustrating that can be)
Responsible people run around and pick up other people's discarded plastics, but most just let them get washed out to sea. It doesn't help that some places actually dump their garbage in the ocean.

Now we have a crisis and it is part of a bigger eco-crisis that involves global warming and pollution. We need to act quickly and decisively to fix things, but it has to be on a global level. I don't know if we are capable of working together as a species.

In the mean time, it is good to reuse, reduce and recycle plastics. If we all try we can keep things from getting worse.
I can't imagine how we are going to fix the problem of giant floating islands of plastic waste. I had never even heard of the fine micro bits of plastic. That is a whole new level of problem.