Plastic Invasion

[CollidedChaos]

http://ocean.si.edu/blog/witness-plastic-invasion

Reuse, recycle.

[Merkurfan]

Just wondering if some/all of the trash in the video came from Japan.. I would never suggest dumping trash in the ocean is ok however with the earthquake and resulting damage that washed out in to the ocean I could see this amount of trash floating around.

[curlyq]

Well, in this case I don't think that would be possible. That video is from Belize - which is just below the Yucatan peninsula in the Caribbean. I have heard though that there is a big mass a garbage heading out to sea from the earthquake though.
http://www.huliq.com/12079/japan-tsunami-debris-field-headed-towards-us-may-offer-grisly-finds-shore

[CollidedChaos]

I posted this mostly just to make people think about where their trash ends up. Growing up in the Florida Keys, I saw things that were horrible. Sea turtles stuck in six pack plastics, hermit crabs using beer bottles for shells.

I love this hobby, but if we can't keep our sources healthy, we won't have a hobby.

[Merkurfan]

I posted this mostly just to make people think about where their trash ends up. Growing up in the Florida Keys, I saw things that were horrible. Sea turtles stuck in six pack plastics, hermit crabs using beer bottles for shells.

I love this hobby, but if we can't keep our sources healthy, we won't have a hobby.

:biggthumpup:

although I gotta admit, the hermit in a beer bottle would be cool to see.