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A Plastic Heart

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  Road to a Healthier Earth May 14th, 2021 A Plastic Heart  Personally, it makes my heart ache to see our plastic waste issue affect our planet on a global scale. One prime example is a disaster called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This swath of ocean is covered with around 1.6 million square kilometers of accumulated nonbiodegradable plastics.  According to  National Geographic ,  " For many people, the idea of a “garbage patch” conjures up images of an  island  of trash floating on the ocean. In reality, these patches are almost entirely made up of tiny bits of plastic, called microplastics. Microplastics can’t always be seen by the naked eye. Even  satellite imagery  doesn’t show a giant patch of garbage. The microplastics of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can simply make the water look like a cloudy soup. This soup is intermixed with larger items, such as fishing gear and shoes." (para. 7) (photo from forbes.com) https:...
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Water Pollution

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 Our Path to a Healthier Earth April 30th, 2021 Water Pollution and Plastic Waste          I plan on focusing my final project on water pollution. I would identify myself as an environmentalist and after writing my research paper on deforestation it helped me become more aware of the ill-mannered acts we are committing as a species towards our home. I am fully aware that the topic I am indulging in is vast and the writable topics within this umbrella would take me a lifetime to cover so I am planning to just talk about plastic waste that resides within our oceans and major bodies of water. It is disheartening to see our beaches soiled and littered upon and our sea life exposed to microplastics. It aches to know that every day we are just adding to the problem so I'll do my part as a contributor to the problem and help spread awareness. We are all guilty of aiding and abetting the destruction of our world so it's only befitting that the very same sinners hel...
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