SUPM issue 11 Oct 2016 digital.qxp_Layout 1 11/10/2016 21:22 Page 36
Marine litter crisis
We also had some amazing days, and I
feel so fortunate to have had this
opportunity to spend so much time in
nature. The world and all its issues seemed
so far away, apart from, of course, the
marine litter crisis, which was staring us in
the face at each beach we came to. We
found hundreds upon hundreds of plastic
bottles in coves and beaches only
accessible by water; they had all washed
in there from the ocean. We took as many
as we could on the front of our SUPs to be
recycled, but simply were not able to
make a dent on the amount on some of
the beaches we stopped at.
Each plastic bottle we found was once in
someone’s hand; it seems so wrong that
something we are using for a few minutes
on land can pollute our oceans for
hundreds of years. The simplest way to
stop plastic water bottles from ending up
in our ocean is to stop buying them – ditch
the single use plastic bottles for good and
use a refillable bottle instead!
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