Hopefully you never see that yellow crime scene tape marking off a violent crime or murder, but as crimes go up so do thousands of yards of this plastic tape. And when the tape gets cut down for whatever reason, is usually left blowing down the street.
It doesn’t seem especially dangerous—a little flimsy yellow ribbon that will disintegrate as it tatters in the sunlight. But a recent study concludes that crime scene tape potentially has a big impact on the environment.
Approximately 14 billion feet of crime scene tape gets left in streets every year in the United States. Crime scene tape doesn’t decompose, and as a result, nearly 50 tons of plastic could end up in American food chain each year. Tiny pieces of this plastic, known as microplastic, are sinking into soil, which could then impact small animals, insects, and even end up in groundwater sources that eventually flow into the ocean. Crime scene tape has been found hundreds of miles offshore wrapped around dolphin and turtles. Birds are using crime scene tape in nests. Toxins from the plastic is absorbed by birds and hatchlings.
We know the source, and the solution seems simple. Eliminate crime and the crime scene tape goes away.
That simple fix is so simple that it’s incredible that it hasn’t been done yet. Renegade News endorses the proposal to eliminate crime to save the environment. Vote to eliminate crime in November.
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It doesn’t seem especially dangerous—a little flimsy yellow ribbon that will disintegrate as it tatters in the sunlight. But a recent study concludes that crime scene tape potentially has a big impact on the environment.
Approximately 14 billion feet of crime scene tape gets left in streets every year in the United States. Crime scene tape doesn’t decompose, and as a result, nearly 50 tons of plastic could end up in American food chain each year. Tiny pieces of this plastic, known as microplastic, are sinking into soil, which could then impact small animals, insects, and even end up in groundwater sources that eventually flow into the ocean. Crime scene tape has been found hundreds of miles offshore wrapped around dolphin and turtles. Birds are using crime scene tape in nests. Toxins from the plastic is absorbed by birds and hatchlings.
We know the source, and the solution seems simple. Eliminate crime and the crime scene tape goes away.
That simple fix is so simple that it’s incredible that it hasn’t been done yet. Renegade News endorses the proposal to eliminate crime to save the environment. Vote to eliminate crime in November.
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