Tag: Impact of Plastic Waste

NOVANEWS By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Global Research   Featured image: Sir David Attenborough (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Few documentaries have had quite this impact, so much so that it has ushered in the unfortunate combination of war and plastic, two terms that sit uneasily together, if at all.  Tears were recorded; anxiety levels were propelled as Sir David Attenborough tore and tugged at heart strings in his production Blue Planet II.  The oceans, warned the documentary maker, is becoming a toxic repository, and humans are to blame.  More than eight million tons of plastic eventually finds an oceanic destination.  Decomposition will take centuries.  For Attenborough, one scene from the series stood out.  “In it, as snowflakes settle on the ground, a baby albatross lies dead, ...