This could be accomplished with improved waste management systems and recycling, better product design that takes into account the short life of disposable packaging, and reduction in manufacturing of unnecessary single-use plastics.
What can you do to help?
Reduce plastic use. Try replacing as many disposable plastic items by reusable ones. For example cloth or fiber bags instead of plastic bags, a reusable coffee cup, water bottle, a wooden toothbrush (...)
Avoid buying and using cosmetics that contain plastic microspheres or microbeads.
Wear clothes that are made from natural materials (cotton, linen, wool). A large part of micro plastics entering the ocean originate from synthetic materials such as polyester or nylon.
Participate in (or organize!) a cleanup
Support an NGO or research organization : Here is a link to a list of different organizations that you can support.
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