"Created to inform and inspire readers, Plastic Soup is a critical tool... a seminal and ground-breaking work that will hold intense interest for environmentalists and unreservedly recommended."
— Midwest Book Review
"Abbing's 124-page investigation into how plastic has damaged our environment, polluted our waterways, and impacted our wildlife is essential reading."
— Otago Daily Times
“Plastic Soup is well-written, beautifully illustrated and it highlights the magnitude and extent of this pervasive global marine plastic pollution problem. Plastic Soup is a critical tool in the fight to help reverse plastic pollution. Copies of this book belong in school and university libraries around the world.”
— Ocean Yearbook
"[A] comprehensive and attractive book that will hopefully help turn the tide against single-use plastic and humanity’s tendency to treat the oceans as a dustbin."
— Eden
"The format of the book makes it easy to read, providing a valuable tool for people seeking to learn more about the plastics issue. Throughout, heart-wrenching images bring home very effectively the message of the damage plastic has done to our planet and wildlife.… I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about plastics or for those, like me, who are trying to teach others and could use a resource jam-packed with information."
— Canadian Field Naturalist
"Brings the problem of single-use plastics to life with shocking photography...The book shows just how widespread and deeply ingrained the problem is."
— Independent
"This atlas depicting the environmental crisis of plastic pollution focused on our oceans should be part of every school curriculum to arouse awareness of this global problem and to rouse this coming generation to explore and generate possible solutions, to resolve the current damage inflicted by technology, and to discover means to avoid further environmental contamination."
— Seattle Book Review
"Abbing intelligently highlights the unforeseen consequences of our everyday lives... Plastic Soup is an empowering educational tool with maps and figures plus many feasible solutions for all issues related to pollution and waste."
— Electronic Green Journal