Do you have any idea how far trash travels in the ocean? Have a look at the space rocket parts that regularly wash up on Trinidad's East Coast, together with plastic bottles from Guyana, Surinam and Venezuela. See some footage of Trinidadian bottles that made it all the way to Mexico!
Posted by Papa Bois Conservation on Monday, 7 September 2015
The Plastics Highway to Trinidad and Tobago
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.
