This is my university presentation from 2010 about the 5 gyres so please browse the slideshow above to find out more about these human made wildlife death traps.
In 1909
Bakelite is introduced to the Chemist Club in NY as the “first thermoset plastic,” meaning once formed, it was set for life.
In 1939
Nylon stockings debut at the World’s Fair.
In 1946
Earl S. Tupper produces a 7-ounce polyethylene tumbler, the first of many products available from Tupperware Home Parties, Inc.
At the time of writing, there are now 5.25 trillion macro and micro-plastic pieces floating in the open ocean.
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