| Environment: The Perils of Plastic Pollution | This article is about the island of Laysan, an island in the Pacific that has practically become a huge, floating garbage dump. Not only is Laysan home to 14 million birds, but also the possessor of “…thousands of pellets as well as toy soldiers, disposable lighters and one toy Godzilla--all made of plastic.”[1] This plastic is mistaken for food like jellyfish by many animals like turtles, sea lions, seals, and sea birds. Much of the plastic that appears on the island of Laysan is from washing up on shore from the Pacific ocean because boats “…dump at least 6.6 million tons of trash overboard every year. Some 639,000 plastic containers and bags are tossed into the oceans every day… Estimates of the plastic fishing gear lost or discarded at sea every year range as high as 150,000 tons.” 1 |
| Jamie Murphy, Andrea Dorfman, and John D. Hull | |
| June 02, 1982 | |
| Time Magazine | |
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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