Plastics in the Environment Be a Superstar You have enjoyed that carbonated beverage, it washed down those salty potato snacks a treat. Oh no, you are the horns of a dilemma!! What should you do with the empties? There is bin twenty feet away. Nah, fuck that, you cannot be arsed to walk twenty feet and use the bin, just chuck it in the bushes. Out of sight, out of mind, right? Well done and thank you. That act of littering is unlikely to kill you but kill someone or something it will. Wildlife will suffer immediately and over time that plastic will find its way to the sea. On that journey the plastics will poison the ground, poison water courses, and leave behind particles that will end up in the food that you will eat. And like smoking and vaping the damage will come knocking in old age. It may not be you. but it will be someone you know dying from a plastic induced disorder. Well done and thank you. Plastic Breakdown in the Environment Once littered plastic starts its...