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Posted: 22 Apr 2018

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A Sea of Plastic. It's not a pretty sight

A Sea of Plastic. It's not a pretty sight
Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22, so The Sunday Challenge: PLASTIC, is very timely. Plastic pollution is poisoning our oceans and land, injuring marine life, and affecting our health!
In just about a minute I gathered together just a few small household items and put them in the kitchen sink in water to illustrate the problem, but if one looks around the home, in kitchen and bathroom cupboards and many more places, then the problem is really huge.
We are avid re-cyclers, but it's just not enough. Everyone has to be more pro-active.

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Roger Dodger, Wierd Folkersma, Annemarie, Erhard Bernstein and 29 other people have particularly liked this photo

29 comments - The latest ones
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
Die Bearbeitung passt gut zur Thematik!
6 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
Really like this image! Not the issue of course. We are avid recyclers too and there is a move not to use plastic pots so we are doing our best.
6 years ago.
 Edward Bowthorpe
Edward Bowthorpe
Great work Amelia,eddie,xx
6 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Great shot! I hope we are not too late.
6 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Very good work, we all have to start at home but most importantly changes have also to come from the top.
6 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A well created image, Amelia. I fully agree about the need for society to do more than just "recycle".
6 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Hooray for earth day.
6 years ago.
 Stormlizard
Stormlizard club
Such stupidity was observed by me on a beach near Athens.
6 years ago.
 Coco
Coco club
Horrible. So upsetting.
6 years ago.
Amelia club has replied to Coco club
It's meant to be horrible and upsetting, Coco.
6 years ago.
 Peter Castell
Peter Castell club
If the country was serious about recycling there would be a national scheme not left to local councils to decide what they recycle. Regarding rubbish strewn every where the average Britain is to idle to walk to a litter bin, look at the state of a train after a two hour journey, when you open your mouth as I am prone to do no one will support you they look like it's that's in the wrong
6 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Good work, true words !
6 years ago.
 HappySnapper
HappySnapper
Every single item that is manufactured weather it be metal, plastic, liquid, fabric, wood or concrete will eventually be returned to the land, It is how we go about it that's not working.
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 PhLB - Luc Boonen
PhLB - Luc Boonen club
incredible numbers ....
6 years ago.
 Roger Bennion
Roger Bennion club
Thank you, Amelia, for posting to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music
6 years ago.
 Clickity Click
Clickity Click
Great representation of the problem ... it was rather terrifying to see a documentary on the plastic islands drifting in our sea and oceans. More efforts/steps need to be taken by the countries and that it must be supported at the top by the governments.
6 years ago.
 H C
H C
And what ends up in the sea, stays in the sea. I remember seeing loads of rubbish when I used to dive.
6 years ago.
 RHH
RHH
What a mess. We find trash even in the most remote areas of the back country.
6 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
Makes me wonder just what we have to do to scare people into doing more.

Sadly.. many dont give a stuff.

We live in the middle of nowhere.. we still collect all our recycle and take it nearly one hour away once a week to a tow that is trying.. one of few in Oklahoma that IS trying.
6 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Recycling is a start, reusable shopping bags also. Packaging in the supermarkets should be high on the agenda
6 years ago.
 Jean
Jean
Our council has good recycling but it's not the answer. I have just e-mailed my supermarket to ask them is they have a plastics policy and if they could rethink their use of it. I have to shop online now and although I specify no plastic bags things are delivered with far too much plastic wrapping. It's so difficult to avoid although I try. And I sign petitions about plastic straws, crisp bags etc. 38 degrees has had several recently.
6 years ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot club
Right on the spot !
Thank you.
6 years ago.
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!!!
6 years ago.
 Amazingstoker
Amazingstoker
nicely illustrates the problem, so much stuff comes in plastic these days, I guess someone needs to discover a biodegradable plastic . . .
6 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Awesome shot and narrative!

Admired in:
www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
6 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
wonderful, good to be back to your pics again
have a great new week:)
6 years ago.
 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
you are right, it is everywhere, like a terrible decease
6 years ago.
 Roger Dodger
Roger Dodger club
Well illustrated Amelia,sad indictment of our times unfortunately.
6 years ago.
 klaus 040
klaus 040 club
A crime that we commit on our planet! Mankind is working on its destruction
6 years ago.

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