Quote Originally Posted by JJJ View Post
Is this really a mystery? I thought it had been well publicised years ago.

Small, light pieces of plastic end up being washed into the ocean (from landfill, from bin spills, from dumps, into storm drains and then rivers - and lighter plastic is blown as well as washed), where they float with the currents into great swirling masses of small bits of plastic. On the way, and when in the swirl, they are a real hazard to marine life.

A whole toy is very unlikely to be washed into the ocean in the first place. I'm not saying it won't or can't happen, but simple numbers mean that the small bits are the majority of the problem.
Except the whole toy gets broken into pieces on its way to landfill which very easily follows the same path as the plastic slip.

To be fair, I'm not saying something shouldn't be done. I'm just playing devils advocate. Also, as a MISB collector, I'm more affected than others.

I just hope people place themselves under the same lens when talking environmental impact. Just the simple manufacturing and shipping of our luxury hobby is a burden on the environment.