Plastic in the environment: It’s too late to clean up the planet, experts say

Plastic is everywhere and environmental organizations are scrambling for funds to be able to clean up a stretch of beach or roadside. It is a commendable effort, but, according to many scholars, useless.

On QUB Radio, host Philippe-Vincent Foisy spoke with Pascal Fabre. She is a researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France and director of the Laboratory for Polymers and Oceans. According to her, picking up the trash is important, but unfortunately the real problem is the microplastic…and there’s nothing that can be done.

“We breathe it in, and there are some in the soil,” the scientist said ruefully. Whatever is already there, we will keep it for thousands of years.

• Scientist Pascal Fabre explains this important issue in Philippe Vincent Foisy’s program Via QUB Radio :

Faced with such a serious discovery, one wonders what can be done to limit the damage. According to Ms. Faber, it is the plastic producers who have part of the solution on their hands.

You should know that there are more than 4,000 plastic formulas in the world. Not all of them are recyclable. For some, their chemical formula is known only to the manufacturers, so it is difficult to retrieve them. Same for those that contain significant coloration. An introductory interview about a problem affecting all of humanity.