Visual artist and Plastic Pollution Coalition co-founder, Dianna Cohen, creates art using the medium of plastic bags. In this Ted Talk, she reveals the tough truths she has learned about plastic pollution. For instance, there is now believed to be eleven gyres of plastic in five major oceans in the word. Only 7% is actually recycled and most is down-cycled, incinerated or shipped to China. She proposes a new “R” in the plastic pollution solution– Reduce, reuse, recycle and refuse. Think about the ways you can reduce plastic from your life by simply not buying it. Purchase items in bulk, glass or cardboard containers.