A new study says that plastic recycling is polluting the water and the air.

The peer reviewed study out of the University of Stratk Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland found

that up to 13% of recycled plastics became microplastics.

Tiny particles smaller than five millimeters that pollute air and water.

Sounds like busted up asbestos that gets into the air and coats your lungs.

The study was led by Arena Brown, a plastic scientist who looked at wastewater at a mixed

plastic recycling facility in the United Kingdom and found it could produce up to six

and a half million pounds of microplastic per year.

Associate Director of US Plastics Policy at the Ocean Conservancy says, quote, the findings

are certainly alarming enough that it's worthy of far more investigation and understanding

of how widespread of an issue this might be.

We know where the pollution is coming and we could take measures to actually do something

about it through permitting, through regulation, through all of those kinds of rules we have

available.

Oh, you mean, you mean like when you found out that the Poison Pope quote unquote vaccine

was killing people and you still demanded it?

Yeah, I'm going to say no.

Let's check in with John Stasso who did a report on the myth of recycling plastic.

You recycle?

For sure.

Absolutely.

Everything I possibly can.

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