Shedding Light On A Growing Issue In The Seas.
The issue of plastic contamination in the ocean is rapidly gaining a lot of attention. As a designer, distributor, or manufacturer, thinking of the infrastructure used to transport plastics for production and recycle them at the end of their life can have a much bigger impact than you might imagine!The reprocussions are first and foremost affcting the ocean’s eco-system. Beyond that, plastics function as a magnet for chemicals such as PCB’s in water. Fish which swallow both the small and large bits of plastic, ingest the chemicals, and in-turn are ingested by humans. Captain Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation was the first to discover the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an endless floating waste of plastic trash. At the TED conference, he recently drew attention to growing problem of plastic debris in our water.Watch the video and let us know what you think!
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on March 24th, 2009 at 12:56 am
What a heart breaker. It’s really sad to see what’s happening in our oceans (and everywhere) and you can’t help but say, shame shame to the human race for this one.
I will certainly spread the word about this video. Thanks for sharing!
on April 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Lakes and fresh water aren’t doing so well either. Hopefully, we’ll get that one figured out too?
on April 12th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
This is so sad, but true
on April 14th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
This is really eye opening. We need to quit the pollution of our environment and recycle our waste or find ways to reduce our waste to begin with.
on April 29th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
This reminds me of a trip to Marina Beach in Chennai last summer.
The entire stretch of the beach was littered with plastic bottles and polybags.
We human never learn to appreciate things until we lose them.
Lian Vaiphei
on June 25th, 2009 at 1:16 am
In other words: If we eat fish, we eat plastic.
I think the saddest part of it is that we are corrupting the food chain all over the place and it comes back to us. It is not surprising we humans get all types of cancer. We’re killing ourselves slowly (along with tons of other innocent species).