Plastic Waste Kills Wildlife
Submitted by PlasticLess.com Blog
This BBC video provides a look at the plastic items found in stomachs of albatrosses, ingested from the Pacific ocean. The organized collection of objects looks a lot like the stuff that I found on the shores of the Mediterranean. Cheap disposable plastic consumer goods are a worldwide phenomenon. The baby albatross has become the poster child for their consequence. They starve to death because their parents mistakenly feed them plastic objects. This tragedy is easy for people to grasp and it is heart wrenching for animal lovers. There are plenty of other species who suffer. Plastic breaks down in the ocean and in some areas the tiny bits of plastic outnumber plankton. Animals that have evolved to feed on plankton are eating mostly plastic. Toxins contained in and absorbed by this plastic enter the food chain.
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