Right now there is literally no good news when it comes to plastics and oceans. Apparently even marine organisms in the deepest depths have their biology and environment contaminated by microplastics. Unless the world as a whole comes together reduce, or maybe eliminate, indiscriminate plastic usage and acknowledge the finiteness of the ocean, we will be marching towards the point of no return relentlessly but I don’t know how close or far that is.

I remember reading that fishermen have no choice but to use plastic ropes and net because traditional jute ropes are both more expensive and less resilient. But these also end up breaking and sometimes strangling marine animals. It’s an example of how deeply systemic the problem is. Resource allocation via markets causes immeasurable damage.