Study: 8 MILLION TONS of plastic PER YEAR ends up in the ocean

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This your friendly, trying-not-to-be-too-preachy-about-it reminder of what "disposable" plastic forks, cups, bags, packaging, etc really means:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/02/150212-ocean-debris-plastic-garbage-patches-science/

And yeah, it's great that the US is "only" the 20th worst offender, but there's still so much more room to do better. For example, carrying reusables instead of using "disposables"!

http://www.amazon.com/Collapsible-Silicone-Dishwasher-Container-Removable/dp/B00MTX6D98/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f463/?srp=1