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I know we’ve posted about this before… however, people need to be reminded of this as it is one of the most significant discoveries / atrocities on our planet.

I’m talking about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. When we first posted about this and I told friends and co-workers, many didn’t believe me - well look for yourself, again.

The patch is roughly 1,760,000 square kilometers or about three times the size of Spain! This plastic soup island mess floats from the surface up to 10 meters in depth. If you aren’t disgusted by this then shame on you… you should be dropped right in the middle and told “Swim for your freedom”.

This obviously has detrimental effects on marine life. It is estimated that this mess kills 1 million sea birds and 100,000 sea mammals every year. And I’m sure most of you can imagine what effect this might have on the food chain. Not to mention the ocean itself which is largely responsible for climate conditions via ocean currents, salt levels, etc. I know this isn’t really professional but holy FUCK.

I suggest:

Stop buying bottles of water! It’s tap water anyway! Duh!

Make sure you recycle anything plastic, DO NOT throw it in the garbage or a sewer. Again, DUH!

Write to the Navy, and every cruise ship company you know of and tell them to suck it! And stop throwing your waste into the sea.

Read this article!!! NOW! From the Times.co.uk

I’m ANGRY! ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH! (turning green)