I’m unhappy when I spot random bits of plastic, rope or other stuff on our beach, but we have nothing like this level of pollution: The Beach Where Lego Keeps Washing Up. Apparently studies have shown Lego in a marine environment could last 1300 years!
Odd-Egil “Oddzthrash” Auran If only the shipping companies were to be held responsible not for just paying for the pollution, but also doing the cleanup, or hiring someone to do it. 😡⚓️
Miraz Jordan @odd True, but not just shipping companies. We need to be globally more aware of and responsible for goods and their packaging — reduce, being the first step. Then those that produce being responsible for what they produce. We have a problem in NZ with toxic waste from places like the aluminium smelter. Disposing of that waste properly should have been their (monitored and regulated) responsibility from the start.
Odd-Egil “Oddzthrash” Auran I totally agree. Also, composites and types of plastic should be reduced to a minimum, and have a strategy for recycling, paid for by the producers. They will of course then reflect that in the price, and it will so (probably) reduce the amount of the consumed goods.