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 jeanmare rated 4 months ago -
From the page:
...Since his first encounter with the gyre in 1997, Moore created the Algalita Marine Research Foundation to help study the problem. Canadian filmmaker Ian Connacher joined Moore last year to film the garbage patch for his documentary, I Am Plastic.
The most menacing part is t...
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- willyisfuzzy rated 9 months ago
- Are There Really 'Continents' of Floating Garbage?
- NamgyalFR rated 9 months ago
- After reading that page, I will never go to sea the same way again !
- bsharp914 rated 9 months ago
- amazing and disgusting!
- hoangmphung rated 9 months ago
- From the page:Since stories have started surfacing more recently, many have wondered if the rumors are true. Are there really `continents', or massive floating garbage patches residing in the pacific ocean? Apparently, the rumors are true, and these unsightly patches are reportedly killing marine life and releasing poisons that enter the human food chain, as well. Indeed, the human race has really made its mark. One plastic patch is estimated to weigh over 3 million tons and covers an area twice the size of Texas.
- cadbloom rated 9 months ago
- the comments regarding the article were quite humorous to say the least
- dougpy rated 9 months ago
- And what are people willing to do about it? click "I like it" on StumbleUpon.
It won't go away on it's own.
- mystuff314 rated 9 months ago
- It's horrible ... and the worst thing is that 99% of the people on this earth are not aware of it and continue to litter instead of recycling.
Ironically I stumbled upon this site, http://www.greengeek.ca/2007/02/23/plasma-process-converts-garbage-into-clean-en ergy/ after this one.
- jawsjr rated 9 months ago
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From the page: "When oil prices soared in 2005, that changed a lot of people's perspective, because bioplastic became quite cost-competitive," she says. 'All of a sudden it wasn't just about doing the right thing.'"
Anyone else find this statement irritating?
- puma50tb rated 9 months ago
- this poses a LITTLE problem.
- greenflame rated 9 months ago
- Death by plastic:-
From the page: "The United Nations Environment Program says plastic is accountable for the deaths of more than a million seabirds and more than 100,000 marine mammals such as whales, dolphins and seals every year."
We've got to take responsibility!
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