Garbage is the Enemy of the Earth

Great Flying Spaghetti Monster! If this doesn’t shock the hell out of you, I don’t know what will.

This is a photo of a dead albatross found in the Hawaiian Islands next to the hundreds of pieces of plastic and metal pieces of junk that was found in its stomach.

We’ve written about the Pacific Gyre before, a psty of the Pacifiic Ocean twice as big as the Continential U.S. that is is filled with the detrius of humanity- mostly plastic bags and swag. Plastic doesn’t decompose, it just breaks down into smaller pieces. There is now significantly more microscopic pieces of plastic than plankton in those parts of the ocean. It’s really bad and getting worse every year.

We need to eliminate the whole concept of trash and garbage. The answer is Cradle to Cradle, everywhere.

Link [Tao of Change]

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