INTEGRAL ECOLOGY: The invisible wastes of nonpoint source pollution

INTEGRAL ECOLOGY: The invisible wastes of nonpoint source pollution

LIBONA, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 28 December) — We frequently refer to ecological “crises” — using the plural form — to acknowledge the multiple, interconnected challenges we face. A key contributor to these crises is our “throw away culture,” which has brought us to a distinct waste crisis. Although the first synthetic plastic (Bakelite) was invented in 1907, scientific observations of marine plastic debris only began to appear in the 1960s and 19…