Oceans becoming a garbage patch

paigeguthrie

This has probably already been posted before. (I can't link directly to youtube videos?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-CVRFzLoEY

"For years we've been reading about a patch of garbage the size of Texas floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, ingeniously dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Basically, any trash that gets dumped in the water rides the currents to this one spot and joins an ever-increasing flotilla of crap. For all the breathless accounts of the mess and its impact on the area's sealife, however, no one seemed to have a picture of the buildup.

In order to sate our own curiosity, VBS joined the crew of a research vessel studying the trash and sailed out into one of the most remote spots of open water in the world, the North Pacific Gyre, in search of this mythical garbage island. What we discovered once we got there was an ecological disaster beyond any of our expectations and possibly the single worst thing human beings have done to the planet and ourselves. Hope you're into cancer and sex-reversal!

See More: http://www.vbs.tv/shows/toxic/garbage-island/

RolandTD20Kdrummer

I've posted a couple threads on this. I don't send ANY plastic whatsoever to landfill unless it's non recyclable. Any plastic, wrapping bags etc... all go in a bag inside the blue bin.

It's carelessness that has caused this.

A plastic floating soup the size of a continent? Now that's come monumental level of carelessness if I ever saw it.

all to the bottom it will sink and introduce itself into the food chain from the bottom up.

Poisoning the eco-system from the inside out.

not good..

paigeguthrie

Thanks for the reply. I was going to apologize for posting the link, thinking that it had more than likely already been posted at some point in time. But then, perhaps when people aren't out there everyday it can be easy to not consider the damage that's been caused to the ecosystem. People are more educated today regarding the well being of the environment. It's interesting to think how sixty years ago that accumulation of plastic in the oceans had yet to enter into existence and also that it's traveled from all around the world. Here in the United States there are still many communities, perhaps even the majority of towns and cities don't have recycling programs. That's not even an option for people. And I'm not even certain if that's a political issue that's up for debate. It should be. I'm halfway surprised that fishing industries aren't up in arms. Thanks again.