Sienna Schwartz’s “Speckless”: Making A Dent In Microplastics

Sienna Schwartz’s “Speckless”: Making A Dent In Microplastics

Water bottles are everywhere. And the average American consumes up to 1,000 microplastic particles from bottled water — every week. 51 trillion tons of microplastics float in our oceans. Together they weigh over 234,000 tons — and pollute even the deepest parts of our marine ecosystems. Microplastic particles reduce photosynthesis in crops like wheat, rice and corn by up to 14%. That puts up 400 million people at risk of starvation, over the nex…