{"id":666,"date":"2020-04-20T18:57:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T18:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/?page_id=666"},"modified":"2020-04-21T13:52:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T13:52:16","slug":"group-1-page-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/group-1\/group-1-sub-1\/group-1-page-5\/","title":{"rendered":"What you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unfortunately, even though majority of people are aware of the issue of plastic pollution few know how to change their personal habits<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as plastic has become ingrained in our daily lives<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2019\/06\/19\/1871135\/0\/en\/Americans-Are-More-Concerned-About-Plastic-in-Oceans-Than-Climate-Change.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">survey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> conducted by the Shelton Group, 80% of Americans said if they had the option to buy goods or products that don\u2019t use single-use plastic packaging, they would<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Still, we see that plastic production is rising, packaging is the most common form of plastic waste, and plastic that ends up in landfills is far more common than plastic that is recycled<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-814\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/04\/global-plastic-fate-300x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" 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height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/04\/plastic-waste-by-sector-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/04\/plastic-waste-by-sector-1024x723.png 1024w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/04\/plastic-waste-by-sector-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/04\/plastic-waste-by-sector-1536x1084.png 1536w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/healthy-oceans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/04\/plastic-waste-by-sector-2048x1446.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Based on the theory of psychological distance, we can infer that students at the University of Michigan feel more disconnected from the issue of marine plastic pollution, but our 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