I doubt that notably less plastic waste will occur even a decade from now, particularly when 鈥� regardless of ocean divers鈥� reports of the immense tangled messes 鈥� so much of it is not immediately observable. It鈥檚 a matter of out of sight, out of mind.
It doesn鈥檛 surprise me, as general human mentality collectively allows us to throw non-biodegradable garbage down a dark chute like we鈥檙e safely dispensing it into a black-hole singularity.
And then there鈥檚 the astonishing shortsighted selfishness.
I observed this last year when a TV news reporter randomly asked a young man what he thought of government restrictions on disposable plastic straws.
鈥淚t鈥檚 like we鈥檙e living in a nanny state, always telling me what I can鈥檛 do,鈥� he recklessly retorted.
No wonder so much gratuitous plastic waste eventually finds its way into our life-filled oceans, where there are few, if any, caring souls to see it.
Frank Sterle Jr.
White Rock
