'Plastic, plastic, plastic': British diver films sea of rubbish off Bali

[lordsummerisle]

The Guardian

Video posted on YouTube shows water densely strewn with food wrappers, cups and sachets as tropical fish dart in and out.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/06/plastic-british-diver-films-sea-rubbish-bali-indonesia

[hedda_foil]

1. Here's the video.

[chia]

2. nauseating...

And it's not just large, easily visible pieces of trash, it's also microplastics.

From 2015 but still salient:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150109-oceans-plastic-sea-trash-science-marine-debris/



Surreal: "In the course of his expeditions, Eriksen collected everything from plastic candy wrappers to giant balls of fish netting. One massive ball of netting, found midway across the Pacific, contained 89 different kinds of net and line, all wrapped around a tiny, two-inch-high teddy bear wearing a sorcerer's cap at the center."

[OnlinePoker]

3. I will really be happy if this works but will be surprised if it does

All the videos show a nice calm ocean, but what happens when the swells are hitting 5 or 10 meters?

https://www.theoceancleanup.com/milestones/start-pacific-cleanup/

[Canoe52]

4. So sad what we are doing to our oceans.