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"While much of the public’s attention—and funding for scientific research—has
been funneled into efforts that focus on the impact of plastics in marine
environments, the ones in our soils may be just as serious a problem. In
response, policymakers and scientists alike are starting to shift their
attention to the negative impacts of plastics on land.
According to a recent report by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO), the earth’s soils may be more saturated with plastic
pollution than oceans and an estimated 80 percent of plastics found in marine
environments are first disposed of on land. The report announces the first
global call for action to protect agricultural soils from plastic pollution
based on the “6R principle” for sustainable plastic use, which involves
refusing, redesigning, reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering plastics."
Via Geoffrey von Zastrow and Susan ✶✶✶✶
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
