Plastic Legacies Pollution, Persistence, and Politics

• Other Authors: Farrelly, Trisia (Editor), Taffel, Sy (Editor), Shaw, Ian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Athabasca University Press 2021
• Subjects: Pollution & threats to the environment; plastic straws; water bottles; ocean garbage patch; climate change; plastic pollution in the ocean; facts about plastic pollution; animals eating plastic; pollution; plastisphere; erosion; plastic chemicals; plastic toxins; disposable plastics; ethical consumption; ecological activism
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

There is virtually nowhere on Earth today that remains untouched by plastic and ecosystems are evolving to adapt to this new context. While plastics have revolutionized our modern world, new and often unforeseen effects of plastic and its production are continually being discovered. Plastics are ent...