You Won’t Believe How Much Plastic Was Found In This Whale – LBF
I read this story before I left work. It’s horrifying. Eighty eight pounds of plastic was found in this whale.
“40 kilos of plastic bags,” including “16 rice sacks,” “4 banana plantation style bags and multiple shopping bags. This whale had the most plastic we have ever seen in a whale,” the organization wrote in its post. “It’s disgusting.
I stopped at Costco, which, thankfully, doesn’t use plastic bags, but I took notice of all the plastic and trash ONE Costco run for a family three was going to produce. Wrappers, cardboard boxes, individual juice boxes. On those, the plastic straws have plastic wrappers!
It’s overwhelming.
What do you do to produce less trash?
Here’s the full story:
Lauren Beckham Falcone is the co-host of Bob & LBF in the Morning. Formerly an award-winning reporter and columnist for the Boston Herald, she credits her current success as a pop culture commentator to watching too much TV as a kid and scouring the internet too much as an adult. LBF is a regular contributor to NECN and is an honorary board member at the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress. Lauren lives in Canton with her husband Dave and her daughter Lucy. Lauren writes about trending topics, New England destinations, and seasonal DIY.
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