Monday, 30 November 2020

THE ROAD TO SELF-DESTRUCTION - CARELESS POLLUTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Oceans Will Have More Plastic Than Fish By 2050, Study Says

The above is the title of an article by Melissa Chan in the January 19th, 2016 edition of TIME. 
See the accompanying video and article at  https://time.com/4186250/ocean-plastic-fish/

In the 10 years that I have been single-handedly cleaning up Ipanema Beach along the water's edge and in the tidal zone,  I have seen little or no improvement in the careless behaviour of beachgoers as they leave or discard their plastic trash and garbage on the sands. The trash and garbage left so negligently are swept into the sea by the waves and incoming tide. This is the result of plastic pollution in the oceans:


Need I say more?