Today, nearly 100 million tons of plastic is drifting around the planet’s oceans. A world without plastic may be inconceivable, but do we know the consequences of our self-indulgent plastic consumption?
National Geographic posses the question, “Are you eating plastic for dinner?” Unfortunately for your stomach and longterm health, the human race has done a pretty good job of intoxicating marine life while simaltaneously putting the health of our own species at serious risk.
Our consumption of plastics has affected marine species and increased human health risks.
“It’s everywhere. We need and want it,” Tanner explains. “Due to particular currents in the Pacific Ocean, a new continent has been born: a mass of plastic waste the size of Europe.”
Through 3D motion graphics, Andreas Tanner offers ideas for alternative and sustainable buying habits to reduce our reliance on this suffocating substance.
