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The Algalita “Junk” raft leaves Long Beach on it’s trip to Hawaii
On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk" left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator.
Pictures that will make you CRY..... Ocean Pollution...Plastic plastic everywhere....
Green Expos
Each year Residents of planet earth consume nearly 1 trillion Plastic bags = 1 Million per minute.
As of today there is no known life cycle for plastic.
Millions of trees are felled to feed our consumption of paper bags.
The US Department of Health and Safety has a very informative website on Health and Safety information on Household Products