With the current state of plastic pollution well documented – a staggering 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the world’s oceans every year – you’d think that the message about cutting down on single-use plastics would be getting through by now.

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    Apparently not. This mom, posting on the ‘Simply Moms‘ Facebook page, was keen to advertise her lack of awareness and sheer laziness to her peers, even going as far as recommending these ridiculously wasteful products to others.

    There seems to be a movement of people who are spitefully going out of their way to drive bigger cars, use more plastic and eat more meat just to prove their ‘denialist’ credentials. Luckily there are growing numbers who are still able to empathize and educate themselves, and this lady was rightly called out for her misplaced smugness.

    How hard can a quick wipe of the sink really be?

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    Microplastics have become so ubiquitous in our environment, they are starting to impact human health too. Having entered the food chain, starting at the very bottom of even the remotest ocean floor, researchers have now estimated that the average person consumes more than 74,000 particles of plastic each year.

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    The long term impacts of this are still unknown, but it’s certainly not going to be part of a balanced and healthy diet, is it?

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