{"id":10210,"date":"2020-07-25T09:09:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T07:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenuso.com\/blog\/?p=10210"},"modified":"2020-07-18T09:30:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T07:30:17","slug":"plastic-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenuso.com\/blog\/plastic-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"How do plastic islands affect us?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know that there are plastic islands. Yes, as you read, our uncontrolled consumption has led to the formation of giant plastic islands<\/strong> that come and go at the pace dictated by the tides.<\/p>\n

Plastic islands contribute negatively to the development of marine life and are among the causes of the feared climate change.<\/p>\n

How are plastic islands formed? They are possible due to our unconsciousness. The accumulation of large amounts of plastic in seas and oceans,<\/strong> carried by the action of marine currents.<\/p>\n

This phenomenon, considered one of the most important environmental problems in the world, has – at the moment – 7 vortices or islands of waste that invade our seas and oceans.<\/p>\n

Plastic islands are made up of plastic waste of various sizes, disposed of from the surface to the bottom of the sea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Generally, most of these islands are made up of large waste, while microplastics are found in smaller concentrations, or so it is believed.<\/p>\n

If you want to know the effects, causes, consequences and possible ways to end the plastic islands, read on and find out how much damage we do to our planet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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