Check out this video. Research shows that 80% of plastic in the marine environment is from land-base sources. Watch this video then calculate how many storm drains there are in the world and you can quickly figure out how much our one time use items contribute to the plastic pollution in the ocean gyres.
This blog shares the research experiences and findings conducted at University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW faculty and students) in conjunction with Plastic Ocean Project. Earlier posts share open-ocean sampling and adventures in the North and South Atlantic, the South Pacific and the North Pacific Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Outreach and education is the primary purposes to bring global awareness to an issue that has reached a crisis level in the marine environment.
Video?? I can't find it :)
ReplyDeleteDanielle, thanks for being all over it!! check it out now.
ReplyDeleteWhere was that filmed??? It's unbelievable... We watched a "Dirty Jobs" where they did a similar thing... but got down inside the storm drains (California... maybe San Fran?)... anyway they shoveled and used a vacuum truck to suck out all the trash... disgusting.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, when the video compressed, it took out the part where they pulled out a boom box!!! Crazy.
ReplyDeleteThis was filmed by the City of Wilmington's Storm Water Services Division.
ReplyDeleteOoops, I should I have mentioned it.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful video clip. I found that some people have a hard time to understand the fact that most trash in the ocean is coming from the land. I took pictures of trash on LA river. I need pictures of a storm drain just like this.
ReplyDeleteObviously it goes from the land as the oceans become bigger dump bags.clogging themselves and killing lives of the sea world.This is devastation actually.
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