A tide of microplastics thrown to the beach in the Azores. It is amazing how in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean the sea is already full of these small fragments of plastic trash. Most of the plastic pollution that enters our waterways and ends at the sea came from domestic use specifically single use disposables, such as straws, cups, lids, take-out containers and plastic cutlery. The real kicker is that plastic does not ever biodegrade in our environment. Instead, it continues to slowly break