More Ocean -Less Plastic
Yesterday feeling sad about the death of a young sperm whale from ingesting plastic I headed into the weeds. I’m talking washed up seaweed. I pick up beach trash most days but I decided to do a bit extra. I started with a washed ashore plastic bucket. According to the news reports inside the stomach was a “jerry can”. I’m not exactly sure what that is but I imagine it’s similar to our ubiquitous plastic buckets which can be used for just about any chore around the house and garden. But imagine having one inside your stomach? I focused on small bits and what I found could be put into 2 categories. Marine trash, mostly bits of blue styrofoam from docks and floats. Imagine how tasty those small blue bits look to jellyfish? And then the styrofoam coffee cup. ICK- the coffee served in those cups taste so gross. so even for purely selfish reason you should stop drinking styrofoam coffee. You deserve a great cup of joe. I don’t have an easy answer to Marine litter but I do have an easy answer to the coffee cups- Bring Your Own.