PLASTIC BAGS
PLASTIC BAGS ARE MADE OF POLYETHYLENE WICH CONSISTS OF LONG CHAINS OF ETHYLENE MONOMERS.
THE MAIN USE OF PLASTIC BAGS IS TRANSPORTING GOODS.
YEARLY THEIR ARE 1 TO 5 TRILLION PLASTIC BAGS USED AND DISCARDED.
PLASTIC BAGS NEVER FULLY BREAKDOWN, INSTEAD THEY PHOTO-DEGRADE BECOMING MICROPLASTICS THAT ABSORB TOXINS AND CONTINUE TO POLLUTE THE ENVIRONMENT.
100.000 MARIEN ANIMALS ARE KILLED BY PLASTIC BAGS ANNUALLY.
IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT 14 PLASTIC BAGS FOR THE EQUIVALENT OF THE GAS REQUIRED TO DRIVE ONE MILE.
MICROPLASTICS
SAMPLING AND PROCESSING GUIDEBOOK
plastic bags are most commonly made out polyethylene. Polyethylene is also the MOST COMMON MICROPLASTIC.
It's raining plastic: microscopic fibers fall from the sky in Rocky Mountains
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PLASTIC IS EVERYWHERE. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY IT ALL THE TIME WITHOUT REALIZING IT. THESE PLASTICS AWFULL FOR OURSELVES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. WE CONSUME A LOT OF MICROPLASTICS :0
AN INSTALLATION/MEAL/PERFORMANCE WITH ONLY PLASTICS.
THE MAIN FOCUS POINT IS ABOUT CONSUMING AND LIVING AROUND THOSE PLASTICS
RESEARCH SHOWS WE EAT AROUND 5 GRAMS OF PLASTIC A WEEK!!!!!!!!
THATS EQUIVALENT TO A CREDIT CARD
AMERICANS CONSUME AROUND 39,000 TO 52,000 MICROPLASTIC PARTICALES PER YEAR FROM SEAFOOD, WATER, SUGARS, SAKTS AND ALCOHOL ALONE
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Plastic is everywhere. Most people use it every single day. It has penetrated our lives and this planet. From a plastic bag being found in the Mariana Trench to microplastics in the death zone on Mount Everest. It’s everywhere, even in our own bodies. Humans consume on average 5grams of plastic every single week. That’s like eating a weekly credit card.
We are suffocating the earth and its inhabitants by using so many plastics. Which consequences will we face? When will we suffer from our lack of action and suffocate in the plastic we’ve created?