[SamAdams76]

Remember back in the 1970s when there was all this fuss about the plastic six-pack rings? People used to take scissors and cut them up before discarding them into the ocean during a beach picnic. We were considerate back then.

[IronJack]

Deaths of marine animals by ingesting plastic or otherwise non-biodegradable refuse have dropped 78 percent since 1990. In states where grocery stores use plastic bags exclusively, deaths of birds and wildlife by ingestion of those bags occur 16 times more frequently than in states that allow shoppers to choose between paper or plastic, and 43 times more frequently than in states that forbid the use of plastic bags entirely.

Plastic bottled water containers account for almost 213 animal deaths each day, almost as many as deaths from pianos falling on their heads and more than twice as many as deaths by falling anvils.

Hey, if "scientists" trying to pass off global catastrophe can make up numbers, so can I.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Good find. Thank you.

[Fungi]

All RAT arguments are based on a false premise.

[minnesota_bound]

A planet with 70% covered in water. The plastic takes up less space then a small cargo ship. The ocean is littered with thousands of sunken ships. The number of ships torpedoed in the thousands during the world wars. Oil spilling out....

We are still here and so are all the fish.

[Prospero]

But... I read it on the Internet! And that Nova show, on PBS, talked all about it, and my high school science teacher assured me those garbage islands were real!

Can someone remind me again why the grocery stores quit using the paper bags?