Plastic awaits sorting and recycling at Potential Industries, a plant in Wilmington. — CAROLYN COLE/Los Angeles Times/dpa
Warnings about plastic pollution have become increasingly frequent and shrill in recent years due to concerns about its environmental impact and potential effects on human health.
Not only have vast amounts of plastic rubbish been discarded into the world’s seas and oceans, the breaking-down of these items into shards small enough to get into the food chain has prompted some doctors to worry aloud that people could be made ill as a result.
