Here's an eye-opening special on VBS TV about plastic in the ocean: Garbage Island
Anyway, today is Earth Day. But, the earth doesn't need our help; it's just a planet. Now life on earth is what's in danger. As George Carlin said, "The planet if fine, it's the people that are fucked!"
Why not call it "Life Day"? After all, most of the things "good" for the environment also help life on earth.
Humans need food, water, and air to live, and pollution contaminates all three. Diseases and cancer result.