Comments on: Ocean Researchers Find a New Cause for Alarm: The Atlantic Garbage Patch

By: JC

JC — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:29:00 +0000

Forget about this global warming garbage. WE MUST HAVE A LAW ENACTED THAT FINES PEOPLE FOR THROWING CIGARETTE BUTTS INTO THE OCEANS (GULF OF MEXICO) AND ANY OTHER BODY OF WATER. WHY hasn’t someone passed this law??

By: Gary Adams

Gary Adams — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:48:44 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I don’t throw plastic into the ocean. All my household trash goes to a local landfill. How is this material getting into the ocean? My guess is that most of it is actually coming from Asia and Arica.

By: Sandy Beach

Sandy Beach — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:02:38 +0000

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By: Project Kaisei

Project Kaisei — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:30:24 +0000

Ocean Voyage Institute is making a HUGE effort to clean up this mess. They are currently raising funds to go the North Pacific Gyre this summer with a team of volunteers to collect the plastic and trash that has accumulated there, as well as researching environmentally friendly ways to dispose of it. You can help save our oceans and the wildlife that live there by visiting http://www.dreamsailraffle.com, as well as posting our website on your pages!

By: Lisette Root

Lisette Root — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:20:48 +0000

I believe as humans we must do at least one thing for our precious earth and only home. I believe we should make using plastics so expensive that we go back to using glass again. If we can’t have cap and trade, we should tax the hell out of all synthetic non biodegradable polymers.

By: Scuba_Steve

Scuba_Steve — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:45:27 +0000

I happened to be in Little Cayman a couple of years ago staying at the Southern Cross Club. Beautiful beaches, fantastic views. Wonderful atmosphere. I went wading with a friend and we then swam out from the resort to a very small island about a quarter mile away that was just inside the reef. Expecting a pristine tranquil place we were awed when wandering around the surf line to see a huge assortment of blue, pink, red, green and black sand and stones. Wandering slightly inshore we saw birds nests and a lot of garbage. Upon closer inspection of the coloured sand we saw earlier we discovered that the colour was bits and pieces of plastic. Flip Flops, milk bottles, bottle tops, syringes, fishing line, crowd control barrier netting…. you name it there were traces of it everywhere.

Anything out there that was able to be washed inside the reef had been collecting on this tiny island where no one hardly ever goes. for a long time. We returned to the resort, and a day or so later I flew home. I remember that trip not for the fun times I had with friends, but for the images i keep with me of the garbage that hides just beyond the perceptive range of view.

For centuries people assumed when they tossed their crud into the waters it would be carried away, out of sight out of mind – gone forever, and it was…. to them.

But all that stuff we tossed in the rivers, lakes, streams and oceans made of non decaying material has to wind up somewhere. Too bad that most people just turn a blind eye to it because nowadays when you scratch the surface of paradise it bleeds the colours of a dying rainbow…….

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:09:37 +0000

Willam H: By the lies about global warming, do you mean the lies and misrepresentations told by the anti’s, claiming that the scientific evidence does not strongly support that climate change is happening?

LLORNKCOR: Great story!!!

By: LLORNKCOR

LLORNKCOR — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:03:39 +0000

I once saw a guy empty his car ashtray on the ground at a fast food restaurant literally 5 feet away from a trash can. I was amazed that this person actually USED an ashtray and then just decided to litter all at once. I was so mad that I followed him hoping I could see where he lived (I’m quite vindictive) but an even better opportunity presented itself. I am a smoker who NEVER disposes of cigarette butts or cellophane improperly, and get very angry when others do, so I myself had an ashtray full of ashes and butts (I know it’s a filthy habit). He went to the grocery for his next stop and thankfully left his window down. I took my ashtray and dumped it in his fast food beverage and put the lid back on. I didn’t stick around to see the aftermath but I’m pretty sure he received some sort of message from it. I hate humans.

By: William H

William H — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:37:12 +0000

If true (remember the lies about global warming) , then here is a problem that needs world attention to correct, particularly since most shipping is flagged through Liberia and Panama and thus avoids the restrictions and requirements of American- and EU-flagged freight. A simple solution would be to require all of a nation’s ships to be flagged by that nation. Right now, any nation can flag any other nation’s ships and because of the incredibly lax standards of Panama and Liberia, that is why most ships of all sorts, from freighters to pleasure ships are flagged through those two nations.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:17:14 +0000

I agree, Jake!