I can understand some plastic getting into the oceans, but have never been able to understand why hundreds of tons of it does.
Surely that is more than just 'litterbugs' at work? Is it?
I can understand why if someone throws a plastic container down in some countryside somewhere, it can eventually end up in drainage ditches, then rivers, then the oceans. Could that account for the sheer mass of plastics found in large bodies of water?
But I wonder....is there somewhere, some policy of actually dumping garbage into the ocean?
Obviously there has to be a clean-up operation started. We can't go on like this.
If ever I find ANYTHING dumped in my neighbourhood I pick it up and bring it home to dispose of it sensibly. I think it would also be a great idea for schools to get involved in litter picking projects. At least it might inspire our children to not treat the planet as badly as the last generation! And it would get the children outside and exercising.
Surely that is more than just 'litterbugs' at work? Is it?
I can understand why if someone throws a plastic container down in some countryside somewhere, it can eventually end up in drainage ditches, then rivers, then the oceans. Could that account for the sheer mass of plastics found in large bodies of water?
But I wonder....is there somewhere, some policy of actually dumping garbage into the ocean?
Obviously there has to be a clean-up operation started. We can't go on like this.
If ever I find ANYTHING dumped in my neighbourhood I pick it up and bring it home to dispose of it sensibly. I think it would also be a great idea for schools to get involved in litter picking projects. At least it might inspire our children to not treat the planet as badly as the last generation! And it would get the children outside and exercising.
