Paradise lost: 400 million pieces of trash discovered on beaches of remote tropical islands

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Giant mounds of trash are washing up on the shores of otherwise pristine tropical islands in the Indian Ocean.

We know trash is everywhere on Earth, all the way from the top of Mount Everest to the very bottom of the ocean. Now, giant mounds of it are even washing up on the shores of otherwise pristine tropical islands in the Indian Ocean.

We know trash is everywhere on Earth, all the way from the top of Mount Everest to the very bottom of the ocean. Now, giant mounds of it are even washing up on the shores of otherwise pristine tropical islands in the Indian Ocean. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/16/trash-washes-up-remote-cocos-islands-indian-ocean-near-australia/3684479002/

 

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A byproduct of “central (FED) banking” Globalism!

RatioScientiae An example, and reminder of how repugnant and destructive human beings are as a species... Absolutely disgraceful... LocustsThinkWereGross

All the cruise ships emptying their garage at sea!. Been doing it for decades. My dad eye witnessed it in 1980

A lot of plastic is from land-based sources. However, nearly 1/2 of ocean plastic is lost/abandoned fishing gear, nets that capture & drown creatures for decades.. too ignored, imo. 44% of all plastic ever made was manufactured since the year 2000. (Source of both stats: NatGeo)

pristine since when? Before US UK and Israel started dumping all their plastic over there for starters should be more responsible like chinese ruskies and eu

Get that waste management going

Cruise ships?

At least the scientists know where it's all going, lol.

lmao at least it isnt in the ocean, easier for man to clean up the mess we made 😉

I wonder how long it will take for people to realize we need to make a change. How much does it have to effect an individual to make them start paying attention?

Malaysia flight 370 plane crash from 5 years ago

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