First, disclaimer/caveat: Plastic is bad and should be generally banned.
Now a science thread about waste management, plastic, and what's really killing our oceans. 1/
Sexy story. Also, mostly bullshit. sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/s… 3/
Basically, gyres are like icebergs. They mask what lies beneath. theguardian.com/environment/20… 4/
"What's driving our cars everywhere and pumping carbon dioxide into the sea for 450 ppm, Bob"
A daily double! 8/
CARS! Yes, Berkeley, California is pretty good at waste management, so very little of our plastic waste - including those evil cups/forks - ends up in the ocean. 11/
But each Californian pumps ~ 10 metric tons of CO2 per year; in Turkey, it's 4.6 tons. 12/
Surely. Any day now. With an emergency City Council resolution, backed by Greenpeace, no doubt. cc @Hyper_lexic