Weekly Catalogue: April 29th, 2025

Giving you a little scoop about plastic this week: tune into the Plastics Season of Hotel Earth Podcast to learn more!

1. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is estimated to be twice the size of Texas, but we don’t actually know exactly how large it is. Plus: it’s made of primarily microplastics.
2. Plastic played a huge role in WW2 and when manufacturers realized they had a surplus of factories after the war, they transitioned the marketing from wartime to everyday use – like packaging for food, materials for clothes, and replacements for other “inconvenient” materials like glass.
3. Microplastics have become so ubiquitous in our day-to-day life that they are now found in the placentas of unborn babies.

Let us know what you think, or if you’ve already heard of these before! Be sure to tune into Hotel Earth Podcast for more, and check back next week for a new Weekly Catalogue.