I-mask namafutha omnqumo isusa isikhumba somzimba kahle. Amafutha omnqumo (isipuni esisodwa) ixubene nejusi likalamula (amaconsi ayisithupha) kanye neyayikhupha elilodwa leqanda. Bese ufake imizuzu engamashumi amabili ebusweni, bese ugeza ngamanzi. lastic pollution is at the nexus of the planet’s major challenges: ecosystem degradation, public health and environmental justice. Plastic trash is in the ocean and the desert, in riverbeds and dams, in every community. Plastic pollution is in the air in the form of toxic particulate matter from plastic incineration. Increasingly, it is in our bodies, with toxic chemicals leaching out of plastic food and drink containers, packaging and toys. The greatest cause of plastic pollution is disposable — plastic bags, bottles and caps, utensils, cups and straws. In the United States, less than a quarter of plastic drink bottles are recycled. Plastic does not go away. It is a material that Earth cannot digest. Every bit of plastic ever made is still with us. Ending plastic pollution, the mission of the Plastic Pollution Coalition, is a goal that may not be achieved for several generations. By collaborating with public figures, policymakers and manufacturers from around the world, and through the power of public art, we are creating a wave of change. Since 2009, thousands of communities around the globe — from San Francisco Unaltered stomach and Washington, contents of a D.C. to Kigali, from Laysan albatross fledgling, Midway Beijing to Bombay Island, 2010; — have reduced photograph by plastic bag use Chris Jordan.