How plastic gets from your hand to your plate - via the sea - Entrepreneur Generations

Fish are eating the plastic we dump in the seas:
Fish eat plastic in the ocean because it smells like food, scientists discover - Telegraph

And so it ends up in our own stomachs.

Click on this pictograph from today's i newspaper:

A third of fish caught in UK waters contain plastic - and scientists want the pollution to end - The i newspaper online iNews

But drinks manufacturers prefer recycling to reuse:
From bin to shelf: How the recycling process really works - The i newspaper online iNews

As this blog has highlighted:
Futures Forum: The plastics industry is "incredibly supportive of recycling legislation over a more long-term… reduction of disposable culture."

Others see it differently:
Futures Forum: 'A Plastic Ocean' > free documentary showing in Lyme Regis > Tuesday 10th October
Futures Forum: Saving the oceans from plastic pollution >>> Bring in a deposit scheme on plastic bottles
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