Interview with Edward Humes

The interview of Edward Humes was the summary of his first three chapters. His  asked a variety of questions in which he answers with his opinions and some facts based on his research. I was surprised how plastic was crushed down into tiny pieces and released by wind and spread everywhere. The surprise part was that fish tend to eat it as if it was plankton and when we eat fish we consume plastic and other chemicals. In this article, I expected more descripted detail but its all a recap of his book. Its also surprising to know that plastic bags are recent, and not history. plastic bags were introduced in 1950, and to this day many of them are flying up in the air. Knowing that plastic bags fly away i have purchased my own little re-usable bag and I leave it in the car. Another thing that surprised me, was when Humes mentions that the garbage gas can create electricty and light up about 70,000 homes in the area. as I read Humes interview, I thought about the electricty because  that would be an advantage of our waste but maybe its not as powerful to light up for a long time. http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=150735732