Ruth Smalley

Oct 2, 2024 | timesunion.com | Ruth Smalley

“The plastic bag has ruined the landscape,” my mother declared as we drove through the countryside. She’d spotted a single ragged bag waving from a tree top. She delivered that judgment 30 years ago. We barely knew about the Pacific garbage patch then. We’d never heard of microplastics. However, considering that half of the millions of tons of plastic now in existence were produced in the past 15 years, my mother’s statement was prophetic.

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