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nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
Tue May 16, 2017, 05:46 AM May 2017

Remote island has 'world's worst' plastic rubbish density

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-39931042

Remote island has 'world's worst' plastic rubbish density

1 hour ago

From the section Australia

An uninhabited island in the South Pacific is littered with the highest density of plastic waste anywhere in the world, according to a study. Henderson Island, part of the UK's Pitcairn Islands group, has an estimated 37.7 million pieces of debris on its beaches. The island is near the centre of an ocean current, meaning it collects much rubbish from boats and South America.
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The joint Australian and British study said the rubbish amounted to 671 items per square metre and a total of 17 tonnes. "A lot of the items on Henderson Island are what we wrongly refer to as disposable or single-use," said Dr Jennifer Lavers from the University of Tasmania.

The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, described how remote islands act as a "sink" for the world's rubbish. In addition to fishing items, Henderson Island was strewn with everyday things including toothbrushes, cigarette lighters and razors.
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The condition of the island highlighted how plastic debris has affected the environment on a global scale, Dr Lavers said. "Almost every island in the world and almost every species in the ocean is now being shown to be impacted one way or another by our waste," she said. "There's not really any one person or any one country that gets a free pass on this."
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Remote island has 'world's worst' plastic rubbish density (Original Post) nitpicker May 2017 OP
Unbelievable.How long is it going to take until people realize their trash doesn't really disappear? Judi Lynn May 2017 #1

Judi Lynn

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1. Unbelievable.How long is it going to take until people realize their trash doesn't really disappear?
Mon May 22, 2017, 12:01 AM
May 2017

How long before they realize they are raising young slobs if they don't train their children to be responsible for their messes, too?

What would it take to wake everyone up?

Will that ever happen?

Went to look for more photos of Henderson Island's trash, found this one, which caught my attention:



More images:
https://results.searchlock.com/search/?q=Henderson+Island+trash&slr=1&tbm=isch&sr=pageredir-google&chnm=store

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