Why is there all that plastic on the beach…

Hot diggory dog, From 2009 those big ships will not be allowed to dump non-biodegradable, lasts-for- ever plastic in the Mediterranean where it will inevitably wash up on our beaches.

Why have they ever been allowed to do it at all??

As of May 1, 2009, ships will no longer be allowed to dump waste into the Mediterranean. The new rules, announced by the United Nations Environment Programme, ban the dumping of “all plastics, including but not limited to synthetic ropes, synthetic fishing nets and plastic garbage bags” as well as “all other garbage, including paper products, rags, glass, metal, bottles, crockery, dunnage (loose material used in ship storage), lining and packing materials.”

see any number of blogs for more or try treehugger for more

But 80% of plastic rubbish in the sea comes from the land

You still have to give it up plastic that is

The Trash Vortex

Whats made of plastic and is the size of texas? Its the trash vortex out there in the middle of the sea. Swirling currents collect up all the ocean debris into a big rubbish soup in the centre of the ocean. In the old days this rubbish was biodegradable so would rot. These days its plastic which does not rot. Result – permanant rubbish floating round the ocean.Try wickpedia for an great intro what we are doing to our oceans.

For more articles go to trash vortex

Dont fancy reading? Watch one of these scary videos of what lurks beneath the waves

For educational dvds go to http://www.algalita.org/videos-research.html

SEA ANIMALS mistake plastic for food eat it and choke or starve to death. The plastic does not rot in their stomachs but comes out intact. It can then go on to kill more SEA ANIMALS. Serial killer plastic.

Albatross chick fed plastic by its parents starves to death.

Stupid humans too are eating plastic

Plastic degrades – it breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces. Dr Thompson and his team have been researching sea side plastic

“They found plastic particles smaller than grains of sand. Dr Thompson’s findings estimate there are 300,000 items of plastic per sq km of sea surface, and 100,000 per sq km of seabed.
So plastic appears to be everywhere in our seas. The next task was to try and find out what kind of sea creatures might be consuming it and with what consequences.”

to cut his report short Its ends up in the little fishes and so into you.

Want to cut down on plastic rubbish? – you can find plastic free products with the A-Z plastic free index