You are correct in that it is usually the plastic that gets away and ends up in our waterways and the oceans. Search “Pacific Garbage Patch” and Pacific Island trash to see where much of that plastic endsto up. There are biodegradable liquid containers that are made from a mix of various types of plant sugars. Once discarded, this material degrades in a matter of months, not years or decades. I don’t like the government dictate either but this single use plastic trash is catastrophic to a many many wildlife species and unless the government gets involved, it will only get worse. We are supposed to be good stewards of this earth and currently we’re not meeting the obligation I trusted to us by our Creator.
A few weeks ago, an article was posted stating that 80%+ of the plastic waste comes from 8 rivers, 6 of which are in China. We’re not the culprit wo we don’t need to pay the price.
Interesting, I just read the thread about the plastic trash. Someone figured out the size of the big trash “island” and divided it by the acreage of the oceans. It works out to one bottlecap per acre.
Now that changes the equation. In other words, if that’s our biggest problem, we don’t have a problem.
I’ve always wondered if this thing is so gargantuan, why have there been no satellite images, aircraft overflight video’s, boats trying to dock to it etc?