PNGMK wrote:Interesting point. I suspect biodegradable sun lotion BOTTLES would be of much more benefit to the worlds beaches.
Hehehe... tis true.
And also biodegradable mineral water bottles.
I've been on deserted islands (desert islands?) in the Gulf of Suez (example: Gubal Island) where much of them are under a layer of a couple of feet of water bottles. Quite surreal.
Ironic how mineral water is marketed as high-class and healthy... but the damage done in transporting it, and then the waste seems to get ignored.... [sigh].
LA River
http://cdn.coastalcare.org/wp-content/u ... ion-la.jpg
'Man collects plastic rubbish for recycling - Citarum'.
Down-river from Jakarta. The effluent is visible from space.
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Gua ... In-001.jpg
or how about the Pacific Trash Vortex, the size of Texas no less!
https://www.google.com.sg/?gws_rd=cr&ei ... tle+island