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The Pacific's Plastic Shame

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  • Started 2 years ago
  1. Take a look at this slideshow from the Guardian website. The contents of these albatrosses stomachs look like something from a plastic recycling bin. In little over a century, we've turned the Pacific into a giant plastic soup.....

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/nov/03/albatross-plastic-poison-pacific?picture=355118663

    Posted 2 years ago #
  2. brent
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    seriously seriously sick. looked at this when if first went up and its taken this long to say anything. and all i can come up with is seriously seriously sick.

    And one more thing, F&B should license in and use these images.

    Posted 2 years ago #
  3. auckland anne
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    And unfortunately as bad in this part of the Pacific too

    http://plasticsoup.co.nz/2009/04/21/dead-albatross-had-gutful-of-plastic-dunedin-new-zealand/

    Posted 2 years ago #

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