{"id":110,"date":"2019-12-30T16:42:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2020-04-20T19:28:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T19:28:45","slug":"group-4-page-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/group-4\/group-4-page-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the UM community feel about microplastics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Did you know that 88% of the U-M community we surveyed noted that they were \u201cconcerned\u201d or \u201cvery concerned\u201d about microplastics in marine ecosystem?<\/h2>\n<div>In a recent survey of the U-M community, many people were concerned about micro-plastics. Of the 25 participants,<strong> 28%<\/strong> were unaware which products contained microplastics and <strong>96%<\/strong> reported that they would change their purchasing habits to more eco-friendly alternatives, if given a list of alternatives. Of this subset, <strong>68%<\/strong> noted they would make this shift even if it meant paying extra for everyday items.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>The takeaway of this is that microplastics are a SMALL substance that creates BIG problems, and the U-M community is ready to help make change!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-250 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/04\/Picture2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/04\/Picture2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/04\/Picture2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/04\/Picture2-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/04\/Picture2.png 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that 88% of the U-M community we surveyed noted that they were \u201cconcerned\u201d or \u201cvery concerned\u201d about microplastics in marine ecosystem? In a recent survey of the U-M community, many people were concerned about micro-plastics. Of the 25 participants, 28% were unaware which products contained microplastics and 96% reported that they would <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/group-4\/group-4-page-1\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-110","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":701,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions\/701"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}