“This is the sixth attempt at a plastic pollution treaty since plastic started turning up in brains, livers, kidneys, blood, joints and your balls, and the UN decided “hey, maybe this is a problem?” back in 2022. The previous five attempts have failed…

“Well may some men fear that the radical humanity of feminism will deprive them of status, power and even identity – but it’s not the sisterhood busting your balls, fellas. It’s chiefly the fossil-fuel interests of usual suspects like China, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the US in the form of 460m tonnes of synthetic garbage spewed on to the planet every year.

“Now microplastics are found everywhere from the peak of Mt Everest to the depths of the Mariana Trench. Lord Howe Island is a volcanic rock island about 600km off the Australian east coast governed under a conservation authority applying strict visitor controls, and if you squeeze the muttonbirds there (please don’t), they are so full of plastic that they crunch.”

#Plastic #PlasticsTreaty #PlasticPollution #OceanCleanUp #TheGreatPacificGarbagePatch #AtlanticGarbagePatch #Fertility #BallBreaking #BallBusting #VanBadham #TheGuardian #Auspol #LordHowe

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/07/microplastics-are-everywhere-even-in-human-testicles-so-will-the-patriarchy-finally-step-in

“The vortices of garbage in the Pacific harm marine life as well as the environment, exacerbating human-caused climate change.

“Ocean plastic damages air quality, pollutes the atmosphere and contributes to global warming…

“Sunlight and heat cause plastic to release powerful greenhouse gasses. The WWF says as the planet gets hotter, the plastic breaks down into methane and ethylene, which increases the rate of climate change.

“Chemical components and legacy pollutants also absorb into the plastic marine animals are eating…”
#TheGreatPacificGarbagePatch #Plastic #PlasticPollution #PlasticFreeFuture
#ClimateEmergency #ExtinctionRebellion #Recycle #Renewables

From: @technewz_bot
https://mastodon.metawarrior.army/@technewz_bot/112316374664285029

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so huge and permanent that a coastal ecosystem is thriving on it

Scientists have found thriving communities of coastal creatures, including crabs and anemones, living thousands of miles from their original home on plastic debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a 620,000 square mile swirl of trash in the ocean between California and Hawaii

#TheGreatPacificGarbagePatch #envionment #nature #ocean #pollution #plastic #Pacific

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/world/plastic-pollution-ocean-ecosystems-intl-climate/index.html