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 14
More Debris
Cliff Bar.
Plastic Pollution
Flattened plastic deodorant.
Plastic Pollution
Fresh, unopened bottle of spring water, straight from the ocean.
Plastic Pollution
From Haiti.
Foreign Debris
From Honduras.
Plastic Pollution
From Venezuela.
Single-use Plastic
More Gatorade trashing our shores.
Styrofoam Pollution
Nibbled styrofoam cup found on beach.
Plastic Pollution
Plastic in the pattern.
Plastic Pollution
Plastic sports drink bottle, covered in the wind-blown sand in the dunes.
Single-use Plastic Pollution
Plastic water bottle tucked in with the sea oats.
Styrofoam Pollution
Poor barnacles landed on a bad spot.
Plastic Pollution
Shoe polish from Mexico.
Styrofoam Pollution
Styrofoam cup buried at Mr. Ghost Crab’s back door.
Styrofoam Pollution
Styrofoam with bite marks.
Floatsam & Jetsam
Washed up into the dunes with the seaweed.
From Haiti
Who knows what this is.
Plastic Pollution
Needless & wasteful single-use plastic items.
Plastic Pollution
How many caps do you go through in a day?
Beach Cleanup
Sunset chasin’ us off the beach.
23 Balloons & More
All collected off a half mile stretch of beach, not left behind by beach-goers, washed in with the strong winds & tides. Single-use plastic bottles, plastic caps, plastic straws, plastic utensils, plastic oil containers, polystyrene, fishing gear, rope. And 23 balloons – 14 latex & 9 mylar. No need to wait for the Japanese tsunami debris, there’s plenty of plastic already floating out there in all the oceans. Single-use plastics are killing the Earth.
15 years old
Florida Department of Environmental Protection Orange Plastic Tag.
Beach Debris
Bit-up flip-flop.
Styrofoam Pollution
Bite marks on styrofoam.