A Needle in the Ocean

Things used in every day are taken for granted. Things used in rarety are cherished.
Everyday things include toothbrushes, cars, candles, jumpers, plane journeys, journals, illustrations of life in vivid colour.
Only one difference. Things taken for granted mostly consist of the dreaded P word.
Perhaps the most dangerous of all approximately 58,876 P words in existence.
Plastic.

- Part of the National Geographic 500 words competition #PlanetorPlastic