As I use the beaches to make patterns in the sand or create sculptures to photograph, I become more aware of the waste that finds its way into the sea, which in turn has highlighted other environmental issues.
I feel like this …..
using the camera to highlight the issues I see.
Plastics are extremely durable, lightweight, cheap and versatile, which means that they have replaced many traditional materials such as metal, glass and wood. Unfortunately these features have also made them the most pervasive, persistent and hazardous form of litter in the marine environment.
Floating debris can be transported substantial distances by wind and currents, resulting in the deposition of items from many different countries on beaches around the world.
In 1992 twenty containers full of plastic ducks and other toys were lost overboard from a ship travelling from China to Seattle. By 1994 some of the toys had been tracked to Alaska, others reached Iceland in 2000.
The toys have now been sighted in the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
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