They crinkled and squawked and just couldn't keep quiet
Oh my, I so much detest those unquiet things!
Mother Earth cries out so loud that we just choose to ignore it. What we do not know is that we are one of the Earth's entities so anything happening to it directly affects us. In as much as plastics are still being produced, I think even recycling it may seemingly have no effect.
Agreed. But that mustn't stop us doing our bit.