11-14-2016, 03:28 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-14-2016, 04:59 AM by LPC.
Edit Reason: Tobi, FYI I just deleted an identical post to the one below (double post). You can delete this edit comment once you have seen it.
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Yes I have seen litter just tossed out of cars etc, and some of it ends up in streams and rivers. But more of it stays in hedgerows and grass verges (unless someone picks it up) Where I live I often walk along the river, and occasionally do see something floating in the water that shouldn't be there. But it's fairly rare.
But for THAT amount of plastic to be ending up in the oceans there has to be something else going on surely -on a larger scale?
I am surprised that sewage treatment systems don't filter plastic out, or anything flushed down the toilet. It seems that whatever goes into drains is going straight into the ocean. Now why?
One problem was those micro-beads which go into facial scrubs and body scrubs. We hardly notice them and they get washed into the drains. They have been recognised as terrible polluters. Most beauty manufacturers are now having to use something else.
(There never was anything wrong with oatmeal for a facial or body scrub!) Cheap, effective, healthier and not dangerous!
But for THAT amount of plastic to be ending up in the oceans there has to be something else going on surely -on a larger scale?
I am surprised that sewage treatment systems don't filter plastic out, or anything flushed down the toilet. It seems that whatever goes into drains is going straight into the ocean. Now why?
One problem was those micro-beads which go into facial scrubs and body scrubs. We hardly notice them and they get washed into the drains. They have been recognised as terrible polluters. Most beauty manufacturers are now having to use something else.
(There never was anything wrong with oatmeal for a facial or body scrub!) Cheap, effective, healthier and not dangerous!
