Toxic Tales
Neighborhood
Explore friends, family, friends & family, or entire neighborhood.
No, I am not talking about Britney's hit song.
I am talking about this non-paradise trash island the size of Texas. 5-star condition, this island is not! It is aptly called The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a few miles North of Hawaii somewhere in the remotest part of the Pacific Ocean.
Thing is, since it is an unlikely route for ships or sailboats, the garbage is the product of man's misuse and abuse of the surroundings and living proof of our diminishing environment. The tides must have brought about this 3.5 million ton plastic phenomenon; the mere sight of it brings tears to my eyes.
I know I am guilty of being a litter bug and throwing trash (mostly finished ciggy butts) anywhere in the street, but I never imagined that man's careless abandon can create such a disaster.
Now tell me this. After looking at this picture and reading articles/videos such as this, doesn't it jolt you to your senses and make you think twice before disposing all that garbage? I don't know for you guys, it made ME think.
So before you play that I-don't-care-less-about-anyone-or-the-environment card, please please remember that one person is enough to make a difference. This is NOT the future we want our kids to live in.
PICK UP YOUR TRASH. DISPOSE OF THEM PROPERLY.
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!
