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ETproductions1 year, 9 months ago
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FTA: "Professor David Karl, an oceanographer from the University of Hawaii, said the garbage patch represented a new habitat, and more studies were needed to find out what impact it was having on the ocean's eco-system."
What percentage of his funding do you reckon comes from the Plastics industry?
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Georgia501 year, 9 months ago
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How about an NGO that measures contribution by country (both coastal nations and those whose flag is flown on contributing vessels) and sends the bill to the respective nations?
Why should the plastics industry in the US pay for Mexican or Vietnames waste? We don't pollute our beaches this way.
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ETproductions1 year, 9 months ago
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Trick is figuring out what nation it is coming from. I remember well my time in the Navy when each morning we would hear the PA system blare, "Revelry revelry revelry! Sweepers, man your brooms. Give the ship a clean sweep down fore and aft. Empty all trash cans over the fantail."
Each year ships at sea dump thousands of metric tons of garbage into the oceans. Some of it is biodegradable, some of it is not.
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flyonthewallzz1 year, 9 months ago
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http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id...
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ETproductions1 year, 9 months ago
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Good that the US Navy has begun to clean up its act. My experience there is from 40 years ago. But I strongly suspect that all those tramp steamers flying flags of convenience like the Liberian and Cambodian flags play by the old rules.
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puffin1 year, 9 months ago
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"We don't pollute our beaches this way."
That's right! The US just dumps it on someone elses' beach.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=...
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Teech1 year, 9 months ago
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...."We don't pollute our beaches this way."
But, sadly, we do. Especially in Southern California where our storm drains run directly into the ocean. Plastic bottles and bags, cigarette butts (tons!), dog feces, dead animals, motor oil, toxins, and things you wouldn't imagine...all end up in our ocean and on our beaches.
After a recent storm, the City of Long Beach, CA did a thorough clean up and did a study of what washed up on their beaches. Shocking and heartbreaking. And right here in "green" California.
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GLee1 year, 9 months ago
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Don't you think that it is a world-wide problem and all of us are to blame? It gets old having libs point fingers when they are just as guilty as anyone else on this earth for all of the messes around the world. Grow up and help find a solution. Quit letting someone else solve your problems!
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miklkit1 year, 9 months ago
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Everyone does it. This happened a while ago, but the Sierra Club has a large mansion in the mountains by Lake Tahoe. They had been dumping their waste off the side of the hill for decades. Until they were busted by the EPA for gross pollution.
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