A CUNY colleague of mine shared this short video shared on the Facebook page of the Papa Bois Conservation organization in Trinidad and Tobago. It’s short and simple, but describes how plastic waste from far away places washes up on the shores of this Caribbean Island. Note that the sources of many of these items can be determined by the markings and information found on the bottles and other debris. The fact that the information survives the journey across the seas from Guyana to Trinidad speaks to the durability of the plastics, and why they have become such a distinctive and ubiquitous feature of the Anthropocene.

https://www.facebook.com/PapaBoisConservation/videos/vb.125242457570720/895730293855262/?type=2&theater