In the long run we are all dead, and plastics are all microplastics -- for @anthropocenemag.bsky.social I report on a new sustainability metric that aims to capture the consequences of that latter fact:
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/05/your...
A pioneering study introduces a parallel metric, the plastic particle footprint — and uses it to rerank kettles, bottles, crates, and T-shirts. The winners aren't who you'd expect.
