Document Type
Editorial
Publication Date
12-8-2019
Publication Source
University of Dayton Magazine
Abstract
In the era of Silent Spring, the first Earth Days and the “Keep America Beautiful” campaigns in the 1970s, littering was just the tip of the pollution iceberg. It still is. The bigger problems are demand and production. A June 2018 article in National Geographic found that worldwide, we produce almost 500 million tons of plastic every year — and about 40 percent is tossed after one use. According to the nonprofit Plastic Oceans, more than 8 million tons of plastic go into the oceans each year; production of plastic water bottles alone has grown from 3.8 billion in 1996 to more than 500 billion in 2017.
So was born my Lenten fast: single-use plastic.
Inclusive pages
63
ISBN/ISSN
2152-3673
Document Version
Published Version
Publisher
University of Dayton
Volume
12
Issue
2
eCommons Citation
Schlangen, Maureen E., "Plastic Fast" (2019). Roesch Library Staff Publications. 21.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/roesch_staff_pub/21
