{"id":31684,"date":"2014-04-26T22:09:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T20:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/2014\/04\/26\/so-whats-the-big-problem-with-plastics\/"},"modified":"2014-04-26T22:09:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T20:09:04","slug":"so-whats-the-big-problem-with-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/nonresearch-en\/2014\/so-whats-the-big-problem-with-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"SO WHAT&#8217;S THE BIG PROBLEM WITH PLASTICS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><a href=\"http:\/\/plastictides.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/25\/so-whats-the-big-problem-with-plastics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/plastictides.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/25\/so-whats-the-big-problem-with-plastics\/<\/a>\n\nSO WHAT?S THE BIG PROBLEM WITH PLASTICS?\n\nPosted on March 25, 2014 by plastictides\n\nAfter reading a recently published journal article (Koushal et al.\n2014), I realised we haven?t actually explained the plastic issue on our\nblog in great detail. I guess we were assuming everyone has a similar\nknowledge and understanding about marine litter.\n\nWith reference to Koushal et al. (2014) I am going to give a quick\noverview of plastics and why they are an environmental issue.\n\nIf you want to read the paper yourself you can find it in the\nInternational Journal of Waste Resources. An online Open Access and\npeer-reviewed journal: plastics: issues, challenges and remediation.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/plastictides.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/25\/so-whats-the-big-problem-with-plastics\/ SO WHAT?S THE BIG PROBLEM WITH PLASTICS? Posted on March 25, 2014 by plastictides After reading a recently published journal article (Koushal et al. 2014), I realised we haven?t actually explained the plastic issue on our blog in great detail. I guess we were assuming everyone has a similar knowledge and understanding about marine litter. With reference to Koushal et al. (2014) I am going to give a quick overview of plastics and why they are an environmental issue. If you want to read the paper yourself you can find it in the International Journal of Waste Resources. An online Open Access and peer-reviewed journal: plastics: issues, challenges and remediation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3488],"tags":[1585],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SO WHAT&#039;S THE BIG PROBLEM WITH PLASTICS? - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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