Plastic is versatile, long lasting, cheap, and disposable. However, coupled with our throw away culture, these are the very qualities that make plastic a problem. Plastic which does not biodegrade finds its way into the ocean. Here it entangles dolphins, turtles, sea birds as well as entering into the ecosystems and the food chain of many other sea life with toxic consequences. The answer is simple, but requires a different mindset. We need to make and use less plastic, whils