Profits over people and microplastics in every meal?

New data points to a growing crisis and opportunity for business to create a better future—for all of us

For decades, the plastic crisis has always felt far away, whether through time or across distance. But unfortunately, we’re no longer talking about environmental pollution “out there” in the ocean. Microplastics, tiny fragments that come from the breakdown of everyday plastic items, are now inside all of us, turning this from a theoretical risk into a shocking—and deeply personal (physically) —reality.