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Plastic Pollution
From South America.
Plastic & Other Pollution
This is what’s floating in the sargassum mats, where many juvenile fish & marine creatures seek refuge.
Plastic Trap Throat
This plastic trap throat was home to many creatures.
Indian River Lagoon
The Indian River Lagoon, the most biodiverse estuary in North America, polluted with plastic, just like any other waterway.
Indian River Lagoon
The Indian River Lagoon, swollen from Hurricane Sandy, purged trash past the mangroves towards the roadside.
Indian River Lagoon
Quick stop on the way home from the beach to collect plastic bottles & other trash from the edge of the Indian River Lagoon.
Another beautiful day at the beach!
More plastic pollution washed ashore. Plastic single-use beverage bottles, plastic containers, plastic straws, plastic utensils, plastic caps, polystyrene, rope & one mylar balloon.
Got Plastic?
The usual crap, all washed ashore: single-use plastic beverage bottles, plastic straws, plastic utensils, plastic caps, plastic containers, fluorescent light bulb, TV frame, shoes, 50 feet of rope, hundreds of yards of fishing line. And 24 balloons: 19 latex & 5 mylar.
Plastic Pollution
More plastic!
From Cuba
More plastic pollution.
Plastic Pollution
From Dominican Republic
Plastic Lasts Forever
We must all do what we can to reduce our use of plastics. It lasts forever & is killing the ocean 🙁 All this was washed ashore in the sargassum (seaweed) not left by beachgoers.
Barnacle Beer
Glass bottle pollution!
Plastic Pollution
Corrosive container.
Me & My Dad
Separating debris & loading up the burlap bags.
Beach Pollution
More polluting on our beach.
Me & My Dad
Hauling marine debris, on our sled made from marine debris.
Marine Debris
We’re gonna need a bigger van.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
See what’s in our seas. All washed ashore by the strong tides & winds on a half mile stretch of beach. Single-use plastic beverage bottles, plastic caps, plastic utensils, plastic straws, plastic oil containers, polystyrene, 35 gallon plastic drum, fishing gear, shoes. 23 balloons: 18 latex & 5 mylar.
Plastic Pollution
35-gallon plastic drum.
Plastic Pollution
Candy from Mexico.
Plastic Pollution
Container from Venezuela & other plastic bits.
Plastic Beverage Bottle
If I see one more person drinking out of a single-use plastic beverage bottle, I’m going to scream! :-X
Polystyrene
Nibbled polystyrene.
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