date:Nov 25, 2016
stry to our environment is well established. In the US alone, the recycling rate of plastic beverage bottles is only 37%, meaning that 52 billion plastic bottles end up in landfills, parks or oceans every year. The affect to marine life is particularly concerning.
Since 1988, ocean conservationists have warned about the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating island the size of Texas thought to be comprised of improperly disposed plastic waste. According to a report by Greenpeace enti