claim: "every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists."
author: jeff bridges
evidence_1: jan 6, 2017 ... from the moment we wake up in the morning and brush our teeth, to when we  watch tv at the end of the day, plastic is all around us. so much so that it can be  hard to imagine leaving the supermarket without at least one item that isn't in a  plastic container. it hasn't always been like this. in fact, there are ...
evidence_2: may 21, 2015 ... every piece of plastic ever made still exists today ... of those 2.5 million bottles,  every one will still exist a thousand years from now.” – intent blog ... plastic  floating in the ocean has a much greater exposure to sunlight and it just so  happens that plastic is particularly good at making its way to the ocean.
evidence_3: nearly every piece of plastic ever made still exists today. more than five trillion  pieces of it are in our oceans http://cnn.com/plasticisland pic.twitter.com/ b4d0mombsr. the media could not be played. 4:02 am - 1 dec 2016. 465  retweets; 274 likes; seenenoughalready tp13 frozen fronds in ice justin  tyme elizabeth ...
evidence_4: nov 12, 2012 ... lots of media companies have a mission. but upworthy is on a mission to  change what the world pays attention to. we believe that stories about important  issues can and should be great stories — stories for everyone, stories that  connect us and sometimes even change the world. read more. now a part of ...
evidence_5: every cubic meter of ocean in the great pacific garbage patch has about 100  times more plastic than it did in the 1970s. ... every bit of plastic ever made still  exists, with the exception of the small amount that is actually recycled or  incinerated, which can spew toxic chemicals into the air we breathe. according to  the epa, ...