Plastic Endgame
A Global Challenge: The Plastics Crisis Throughout history, each generation has faced its own environmental challenges. Older generations dealt with lead in fuel and paint, while earlier ones encountered asbestos in construction materials. Before that, coal dust and industrial toxins affected entire communities. Now, our era is marked by a new, pervasive threat—plastic. Its widespread use has transformed the planet into a dumping ground, with plastic clogging rivers, seas, and landscapes. This material does not degrade easily and has broken down into microplastics that now enter our food chain and even our bodies. Plastic is not biodegradable, and its mass production, driven by corporate interests and unchecked capitalism, continues to harm ecosystems, wildlife, and human health. For many years, it seemed as though there was little hope of reversing this trend. However, recent developments have sparked renewed optimism. The United Nations is currently negotiating a global plastics tr...