40 Tons of Plastic Trash Recovered

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A while ago, you might remember that I did an article on plastic trash in our oceans. Environmentalists embarked on a $300,000 mission to clean up some of the plastic trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They returned with 40 tons of plastic fishing nets which were entangled with plastic chairs, bottles and other plastic trash. Nets can entangle whales, turtles and fish and damage coral reefs. An estimated 600,000 to 800,000 metric tons of fishing gear is abandoned or lost during storms each year. Another 9 million tons (8 million metric tons) of plastic bottles, bags, toys and other items flow annually into the oceans from beaches, rivers and creeks. Something must be done about this shameful amount of plastic waste in our environment. Thank you for stopping by and reading this article. Photo Credit: Pixabay