There it is, the big one. Do you… believe? Is climate change something we can choose to believe in? Today we are talking all about the elephant in the room. Do you believe in climate change, and how can we make a difference—together.
Did you know, according to the University of Colorado:Worldwide over 300 million tons of plastic is produced every single year, half of this is single-use plastics. Plastics do not fully decompose and instead just continually break down into smaller and smaller pieces called microplastics. These microplastics pose a huge risk to wildlife and are extremely difficult to clean up. Because single-use plastic is produced from fossil fuels, the process of extracting and creating these plastics emits huge amounts of greenhouse gases.It is estimated that just the extraction of these fossil fuels and their transportation to plastic factories emits 12.5 to 1.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases. The refinement of plastics emits an additional 184 to 213 million metric tons of greenhouse gases each year. Landfills, where thrown out single-use plastics are sent, account for over 15% of methane emissions. The disposal of more plastics to landfills leads to increases in landfill size and these emissions.
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