A Second Life for Pacific-Clogging Plastics -- Ocean Legacy recycles ‘ghost gear’ and other trash into deck chairs, picnic tables and more. (The Tyee)

... Hard plastics and polypropylene ropes can entangle or strangle ocean wildlife, while plastic tarps and other large items can block the sun, killing coral habitats.

Then there’s the “ever-dreaded microplastics,” Merante said, created by the UV and physical degradation of plastics. Microplastics can be ingested by wildlife of nearly all sizes and kinds, including humans.

“Things like tuna or salmon eat them, and then we catch those fish, eat them, that plastic pollution goes from the environment onto our plate, and into our bodies,” he said.

But one BC-based non-profit has found a downstream pollution solution: recapture, recycle and recirculate reconstituted discarded plastic back into the market to become sustainable, responsible consumer goods ...

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