A nature center in Missouri just threw a 41st birthday party for a turtle named Peanut. Her name is Peanut because she’s shaped like one. She got caught in a plastic six-pack ring in the ’80s, so the middle of her shell couldn’t grow. But luckily, she’s lived a good long life anyway and became an anti-littering icon.
The E.P.A. now requires all six-pack rings to be degradable, but they take months to break down in sunlight. So if you take the time to cut those loops, it does still make a difference.
