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Green Living: An Ocean of Plastic Jan 08, 2021 03:42 PM A A Single use plastics come in many forms and with many faces. Storage bags. Drinking containers. Straws. Stirrers and packaging. And after only using this plastic for a matter of minutes, most of it ends up getting thrown away. It’s also estimated that since the 1950s, only 9% of our plastics are recycled which again shows so much mismanagement. It’s actually not getting recycled. Where does it end up? In the ocean. And that's a whole other problem. But there are ways we can help. An ocean of plastic debris has created an island in the Pacific Ocean.