• Seraph
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      Not just yet! At least it’s not acid rain right?

      • ALQ
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        Just you wait. Given some of the dumb things that have come out of people’s mouths, I would definitely not be surprised to see a headline like:

        BREAKING: Corporate scientists suggest microplastic problem be solved with acid rain.

          • @gAlienLifeform
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            “Imposing any kind of environmental regulations in businesses would destroy the entire economy, concludes team of economists paid by those businesses. Coming up next - are you doing enough to protect your family from dangerous toxins in our environment? We’ll tell you what a dumb and lazy piece of shit you are, after these ads!”

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    Fucking gliter getting everywhere

  • @gedaliyah
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    Has anybody heard of any plan or idea to reduce microplastics? We’ve been hearing all this research over the past five years especially about all of the scary places we’re finding microplastics (like our brains, and testicles, and the top of Mt. Everest). I have yet to hear about any studies into reducing microplastics.

    • Tony N
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      The only way to reduce micro plastics is to reduce plastic production. We need to go with paper bags and glass jars or aluminum cans, bamboo straws, etc. the more we reduce, the fewer micro plastics we will add to the environment. I don’t know how dangerous these micro plastics are to life, but I am sure our children will find out.

      • @Landless2029
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        This starts with corporations.

        The masses can start doing paper and glass, but corps are by far way more wasteful with plastics.

        3m recently invented a great replacement for packing supplies. Instead of plastic bubble bags you get this paper that opens into cushionlock

        • @[email protected]
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          Recycling was the big lie the corporations forced down everyone’s throat. They shifted the blame from those who produce plastic products to those who consume them. They slowly replaced all packaging materials with plastic in the name of convenience and saving money and weight.

          Later, when recycling was deemed not be effective enough and the corporations needing a new scapegoat, They rebranded and green washed everything. Now every corporation has a mission statement than includes their commitment to environmental responsibility. While in the background they’re selling their carbon credits and laughing at gullible people who believe the current bullshit they pass off as environmentalism.

      • @SpaceNoodle
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        OK, but they’re already in us. How we gonna get that shit out?

    • @[email protected]
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      I’ve heard about scientists making breakthroughs for filtering plastic out of water in a way we can apply to our water management systems. This type of thing takes a long time to develop and even longer to implement without the help from government policies and funding. So uh… Things are happening… Very slowly.

    • @Strider
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      Think of the shareholders!!