Plastic Soup
There are parts of the ocean, in the centre of gyres of current that resemble minestrone soup. There is more plastic than plankton and the twin problems of plastic are that it does not break down in any sensible time frame and it neither floats nor sinks so there is a mass of plastic suspended in these gyres just blow the surface of the water.
I was watching a documentary of this a one guy trawled the “soup” in the Pacific Ocean and brought up hundreds of umbrella handles, tooth-bushes, plastic bags and six-pack holders. The latter two either look like jelly fish or they trap animals in the holes where the beer cans were.
Some beaches on Pacific islands now have a “sand” that is largely made up of small pieces of plastic.
Almost all of this plastic comes from garbage tossed into the streets, rivers and watercourses. The metalized plastic potato chip bags also featured in large numbers.
The throw away concept of living is increasing.
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