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Scientists have found that like other marine ruins, the bottles and caps they recovered were sometimes colonized by the immovable organism called EPBInts, which live on the surface of other organisms. The team found items associated with Bryozoan, Bernacles and Mallask with the presence of this relationship with the age of plastic. Bottles and caps also demonstrated the general degradation patterns of marine exposure – discover, wear and refute.
However, despite these transformations, plastic waste often retains the product code, brand name, production location and dates such as identification features. These information helped identify their proverb, even when the bottles were damaged or the colon was made heavily by the organism, providing valuable information about their sources and transport routes.
On behalf of Garcis, one of the worrying decisions of his study is the situation in the islands like Galapagos and Rapa Nui, the protected natural region. As he explains, the episbes connected to plastic bottles are washing their beaches, “and it represents a fatal threat, because we don’t know which species of organisms arrived or where they are coming from. And they may be aggressive.”
The work would not have been possible in addition to the cooperation of 200 local leaders of 744 social organizations, as well as a thousand volunteers that were part of this civic science initiative. Their systemic system research team did not allow the Latin American Pacific to be better understanding the features of plastic waste, but also understood the preferences and trends of regional drinks in different countries.
This offers to solve the crisis
Giving mainly the extensive presence of local sources disposable plastic bottles, one of the main recommendations of the researchers is to replace with standardized returning bottles all over their region – “As we did,” Garsis said. “When I was young, the products were sold in refundable glass bottles, one of the main arrangements we suggested to reduce plastic production from this source.”
He said the move should be completed by the refund policies and corporate social responsibility initiatives on behalf of the drinking companies involved. Writers say that demanding reusable packaging and accountability from large producers of bottled drinks to reduce plastic pollution and protect coastal ecosystems. “In the end, the companies have their own interest and look for cheap options for bottle production that is why the government has to be involved,” Garces said. However, he says that the improvement of waste management, especially in the coastal community, is another main thing that needs to be resolved.
Researchers also highlight the central role of human behavior in reducing plastic pollution. Garcesis says, “We increase the cost as we grow as population. When drinking water is only available in single -use plastic bottles, customers have no alternative,” limit the ability to work sustainably. “
This story was originally attended Wired In Spanish And have been translated from Spanish.