Hard and soft plastics are the most common types of waste encountered at altitude by mountaineers, the first survey of its kind has found — with 2/3 of mountaineers spotting litter most or every time they set foot on a mountain. via @GRIDArendal ⛰️ news.grida.no/plastic-on-the…

Dec 14, 2021 · 1:28 PM UTC

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Hard & soft aren’t a clear enough description, because some hard plastics are squashy, bendable, compactable. Plastic milk carton?? Prefer #stretchy and #snappy. Then there’s those you just can’t test at home, eg the plastic milk carton?? But on the whole.. 🤔
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AND it's deadly. This is a global crisis, along with everything else.
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