An Invisible Threat: Microplastics’ Impact On Our Health
At A Greener Future, we spend our days walking the shorelines of Lake Ontario, picking up the pieces of a bigger problem: plastic pollution. From water bottles and cigarette butts to microplastics (nurdles), our mission is to remove as much of this waste as possible from our environment before it breaks down even further. But what happens when it already has? What happens when plastic becomes so small that it turns into something we can’t just pick up?
How Did Plastic Become Such a Problem?
So far, 2024 has been a pivotal year for plastic negotiations as the global community bears the weight of the current plastic pollution crisis. From April 23–29, 2024, delegates from around the world gathered in Ottawa for the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution–INC-4, otherwise known as the global plastic treaty negotiations. From the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to the slums of Mumbai, to the shores of Lake Ontario, plastic has become a major component of climatic and environmental strife over the last 80 years.
