Study: Most Of The Plastic Found In Seabirds' Stomachs Was Recycleable

In a study of great shearwaters, most of the plastic found in the birds was recyclable polyethylene. To the scientists, the preliminary results add to the growing pile of evidence that recycling is not the solution to our plastic pollution problem, and broader policy action is needed.

Plastics toxic for seabirds

Study: Most Of The Plastic Found In Seabirds' Stomachs Was Recycleable

Seabirds eat floating plastic debris because it smells like food, study finds, Plastics

The Effects of Plastic Pollution on Seabirds

Seabirds that swallow ocean plastic waste have scarring in their stomachs – scientists have named this disease 'plasticosis

Midway Albatross an Icon of the Plastic Pollution Problem

Summer of Science - Plastic Poses a Growing Threat to Seabirds, Study Says

Plastics Don't Disappear, But They Do End Up In Seabirds' Bellies : NPR

Seabirds Are Eating Plastic Litter In Our Oceans – But Not Only Where You'd Expect

The truth in labeling for recyclable materials (or SB 343) – Credo

SEABIRDS THAT EAT PLASTIC—AND LIVE—HAVE MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS - Haultail On-Demand Delivery Network

Killed & injured by plastic pollution: individual animal stories - Surfers Against Sewage

Plastic debris is altering the blood composition of seabirds

New Disease Caused Solely by Plastics Discovered in Seabirds - Animal Survival International

The Fight Against Plastic Pollution - Maine Audubon