Most of these balloons are those falsely marketed by the balloon industry as “biodegradable latex.” All photos were taken by Balloons Blow on Hutchinson Island, Florida, USA – unless otherwise noted. All photos with citations may be used for education purposes.
Flotsam and Jetsam 13
The earth is being choked by plastic
We must reduce our use of plastics & eliminate single-use plastics from our daily lives. The recycling triangle is a lie. Only about 7% of plastic used in the US actually gets recycled into something else. All this came ashore & was collected on a beautiful 1/2 mile stretch of Florida beach. Single-use plastic beverage bottles, plastic utensils, plastic straws, plastic caps, plastic oil containers, polystyrene, rope, fishing gear & a big, plastic pontoon filled with small, polystyrene balls. 38 balloons: 31 latex & 7 mylar.
Plastic Pollution
More plastic!
Polystyrene
More beach pollution!
Plastic Pollution
Oil-laden plastic bottle.
Plastic Pollution
Durban from South Africa.
Plastic Pollution
Foreign mustard.
More Dunkin’ Donuts
America ruined by Dunkin'.
Plastic Pollution
Washed in with the sargassum.
Plastic Pollution
Plastic pontoon filled with small, polystyrene balls.
More pollution
Sytrofoam buoys & buoys made from bottles tied to rope.
Plastic Pollution
Top half of a plastic container, nibbled.
Plastic Pollution
Venezuelan hair gel.
Dunkin' Donuts
“What are you drinkin’?” Nothing out of single-use plastic!
Plastic Pollution
Single-use plastic bottles galore. Please consider using a reusable stainless steel water bottle instead.
Plastic Bites
Pile of plastic pollution!
Plastic pollution
Plastic pollution washed in with the sargassum.
Plastic & Styrofoam Pollution
Many people go through 365 of these a year.
Plastic Pollution
Can’t get a leg up on all this plastic!
Beach Cleanup
Finished packing up right before sunset!
Beach Cleanup
Haulin’ off the day’s catch.
Pollution in all forms
Tossed from the sea by the winds & the waves on just a 1/2 mile stretch of pristine beach on southeast Florida. Not brought in by beach-goers. Insane amount of plastic caps & little plastic bits today. Plastic single-use beverage bottles, plastic utensils, plastic straws, shoes, polystyrene, styrofoam cups, lightbulbs, fishing gear, 28 balloons: 19 latex & 9 mylar. And a sweet egret feather.
Single-Use Plastic
Another plastic bottle.
Plastic Pollution
Admission bracelet to natural park in Mexico.
McDonald's Plastic Cup
A picture of Ronald McDonald’s throwing trash in a basket apparently isn’t enough. How about going back to paper cups?