Fun reminder: this increases an incredible amount each year!
There are now around 6.3 billion tons of plastic trash in the world, making its presence known from the oceans to national parks to the peak of Mount Everest. Plastics take so long to break down that they essentially exist outside of our human perception of time itself.
-Gizmodo, By Molly Taft, https://gizmodo.com/scientists-made-a-plastic-mug-out-of-salmon-sperm-1848149272
