Reread this excerpt from “Five Weird Materials That Could Replace Plastic,” and answer the question that follows.
“That’s a bummer, but even worse is that a lot of our discarded plastic doesn’t wind up in a landfill at all. Instead, it lands in the ocean, with one study suggesting as much as 8 million metric tons of plastic found its way to the ocean in 2010. That’s ‘five plastic bags filled with plastic for every foot of coastline in the world,’ says Jenna Jambeck, an associate professor at the University of Georgia and an author on the study.
“Okay, enough doom and gloom. Here’s the good news: Scientists know this is a problem, and are working hard to find a solution. Here are a few recent attempts.”
How does this author’s presentation of the evidence compare with the article “Boyan Slat: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Kid”? (RI.7.9)