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RE: A study of mesopelagic fish found that 73 % of them had plastic in their gut!
again, very good, informative and IMPORTANT article! thank you so much! it is frustrating that the topic of recycling is still neglected is that many countries. Sure, there is a huge problem of hunger and one may argue that it's much more significant. But the awareness in the developing countries must be raised! on the other hand i have friends who do not pay too much attention to recycling:( in 21st century! i am always like a bad cop, try to educate and make them more "sensible". but i see they get tired of my "blablabla". It's like with smoking i guess.. if you don't want to quit yourself, you will continue although you have heard million reasons of why it is not good for your health.
Thanks for the kind words and great comment, @k-a-s-i-a, and sorry for not replying sooner.
I don't see why we should not try to solve this problem, just because these are other (worse) problems. The thing is that these are also kind of interconnected; more plastic waste will lead to problems for certain fish populations, which will reduce the available fish, and in turn might even lead to more people starving. This is a big, global problem that we all need to address!
It's great to hear that you are trying to get people to do the right thing, but I share your experience of the people that won't really listen or care about it. It's perfectly normal to have cognitive dissonance with your own bad behavior, so I guess that is one of the things that could explain it, but we should not let this stop us from trying to educate people on the matter :)