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Where is Away?
SIngle-use plastics are an abomination. They consist of a hard-to-extract, non-renewable raw material (oil), polymerized through a high-energy process, involving toxic chemical add-ins, and leaving dangerous manufacturing by-products. In other words, they are an environmental and public health disaster -- before they are ever used. When single-use plastics are used, by definition, these "convenience items" immediately become waste. And that's where the bigger environmental impact occurs. It is estimated that 10% of all waste -- and 50 - 80% of all marine debris -- is plastic. This film focuses on what happens to single-use plastics after their brief moment of utility has passed.
Be The Change
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Learn more about Kyle Thiermann and his Surfing For Change project.
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Stop using single-use plastics wherever you can. Carry metal cutlery and re-usable cups and water bottles. Keep cloth shopping bags at-the-ready and re-use the plastic bags you already have when buying produce.
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