Comment by keybored

They investigated plastic bags specifically and found that plastic bag litter specifically went down (according to reading before the Conclusion).

Yeah why? Because you get the choice to take a plastic bag with you or not at the checkout. That’s why. That’s you choice. You have much less (just indirect) choice when it comes to how much plastic the stuff you buy is wrapped in. But wait. That’s a lot of it. Even most apparently cardboard wrapping makes me second guess if there is a microfilm of plastic over it.

So we have to hyperfocus on this type of plastic. The one that is the consumer’s choice. And plastic straws of course.

Even less of a choice is commercial fishing equipment being dumped in the ocean. Or things being dumped from other commercial activities.

They got data from citizen-scientists from plastic cleanup. Were those volunteers?[1] If so, plastic pollution propaganda is so important that the important work of plastic cleanup is given to concerned citizens as a bleeding heart hazing ritual. Is that how serious we are about the issue?

The nearest small sports arena is made of synthetic grass which is pellets of plastic. But that’s fine. Plastic bags.

[1] Or that might just be a stereotype by me