Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Recycle, recycle, recycle

The next time you think about just throwing something away instead of recycling it, just remember this poor sea turtle, that got one of those plastic bands caught around its shell when it was a baby. This picture was in an article about the swirling plastic mass that has been collecting in an eddy of the Pacific Ocean north of Hawaii. Currently the stretch of plastic bags, nets and ropes and bottles, motor-oil jugs and cracked bath toys, mangled tarps, tires, traffic cones, and millions of other pieces of plastic is TWO TIMES THE SIZE OF TEXAS!!!

If Iraq, poverty, and global warming aren't depressing you enough, I'd encourage you to go read the entire article here. And don't forget to recycle, recycle, recycle!

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