HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Story of Single-Use PlasticsThe Story of Single-Use Plastics
Hoiyin Ip
July 6, 2017
Darrel, Surfrider Newport Beach
“I’ve seen hundreds of tons of plant debris riddled with trash.
People tell me this cannot be completely avoided. I disagree.
I know zero trash can be accomplished. There is really only one
way: Get it done with whatever it takes. If we don't have enough
money, we should really consider not making more single use
plastic stuff.”
15,000 shipping containers of recyclables
each day
from the US to China
images from the documentary Bag It
How chemicals in plastics
affect our body as explained
in the documentary Bag It
The urgent challenge to protect our common home
includes a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek
a sustainable and integral development, for we know that things can change.
-Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment
water bottles
bags
cup lids
straws
utensils
to-go containers
stir sticks
cups
banned in SF
banned in
Manhattan Beach
in 2014
6/24/2017 Washington Post :
“Manhattan Beach banned all
disposable plastics”