Plastic: Lost... then found in our oceans - A dive into “An Ocean Plastics Field Trip for Corporate Executive”

In “An Ocean Plastics Field Trip for Corporate Executive” , the author uses problem-solution in order to raise awareness on ocean plastics and offer solutions. Indeed, the author asserts that “[t]he problem with plastic is that it never rots, never goes away”(Jacobsen 3). Marcus Eriksen, environmental activist and cofounder of the 5 Gyres Institute, explains that plastic “[...]doesn’t form floating islands of trash. It disintegrates. Sunlight makes it brittle, the waves crush it constantly, and the fish and turtles and seabirds just tear the stuff apart. [Then], the pieces get smaller and…