In the late 1960s, I would sit with a group in Capitol Park in Augusta and we would chat about everything. Plastics and how long they would last became a topic one day. We quickly came up with the realization that plastics would permeate our life.

That was when we realized we should do something. We decided to run the streets for discarded drinks and bring what we found back to the park. We didn’t know what we would do with them, but it became clear when the pile grew: We had to make a point.

We laid out a large peace sign, but there was still a pile of plastic left. We built a pyramid and still had leftovers so we used the rest to add to the peace sign. There was a photo in the Kennebec Journal.

Society didn’t listen to the young minds then and look how much it’s costing us; the whole food chain is full of plastics! Burning carbon is “possibly” going to be the last warning. We must listen to the non-partisan professionals that were put in place to guide us, not the people we voted for office — they are two different entities.

Robert Boucher

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