Department of Comparisons

The Science™

We compared microplastics to macroplastics across every metric that matters. We chose the metrics. The results speak for themselves, loudly, because they are enormous.

Metric Microplastics 😟 Macro Plastics™ 😊
Can a fish eat it?YesThe fish lives inside it now
Can you find it?Only with a microscopeYou cannot lose it
In your bloodstream?Statistically, yesPhysically impossible
Visible from space?NoOne of them, weather permitting
Sneaks into rainwater?ConstantlyWould dam the rain
Number of piecesTrillions (rude)One (polite)

Methodology available upon request. The methodology is also very large.

Peer review

Our findings have been rigorously reviewed by our peers (other large objects).

“Finally, a plastic I can't choke on. Five stars.”
★★★★★ — Sheldon, sea turtle
“Checks out from up here.”
★★★★★ — A water tower, Ohio
“I have reviewed the straw and found it consistent with a straw of great size.”
★★★★☆ — The moon (weather did not permit full review)

Frequently cited figure

100% of Macro Plastics products have been successfully located, every year, since 1962.
— Annual Visibility Report, all editions