Ever wonder where plastic ends up?
I have a story I'd like to share.
I have a story I'd like to share.
Plastic bottles take hundreds of years to decompose. So, when you put them in the bin, that is just the beginning of their adventure.
I had an an adventure of my own recently. A group of us sailed across the Caribbean Sea for three days, until we reached a paradise island.
The island was surrounded by coral. Most boats can't come close to it for that reason. I swam to shore with a camera in an underwater case.
This island is part of the Guna Yala, the lands of the indigenous Guna people, off the east coast of Panama.
They live pretty traditionally, without much modern technology, making a living fishing and selling crafts to tourists.
(Photo Dave Lewis)
They live pretty traditionally, without much modern technology, making a living fishing and selling crafts to tourists.
(Photo Dave Lewis)
Guna people occasionally come to harvest coconuts on this island, but no one lives on it. It has no buildings or structures. It is home to crabs and birds and trees.
This is the downwind side of the island. All appears as it should be. Untouched.
This is the upwind side of the island.
The waves are bringing a terrible tide.
The waves are bringing a terrible tide.
No one lives here, but the world has aleady arrived.
No one lives on this island, but @Colgate is here.
No one lives on this island, but @CocaCola is here.
No one lives on this island, but @CollistarBeauty is here.
No one lives on this island, but @DowAgro is here
No one lives on this island, but @labarsal is here
No one lives on this island, but @Dove is here.
No one lives on this island, but @AJE_Group is here
No one lives on this island, but @Nike is here.
No one lives on this island, but @RaptorDrink is here.
No one lives on this island, but @Henkel is here.
No one lives on this island, but Thai Agri Foods PCL is here.
No one lives on this island, but @BonlacPA is here.
No one lives on this island, but @CasaLuker_ is here.
No one lives on this island, but @FIFCOCR is here.
No one lives on this island, but @GrupoUnipharm is here.
No one lives on this island, but @postobonoficial is here.
Made to last forever, designed to throw away.
A remote deserted island, an endless plastic tide.
A lot of people have contacted me to ask what they can do to help.
I put together a list of resources here:
- how to reduce your own plastic use;
- where to find local cleanup groups;
- what campaigns you can join that are already working on this. naomioleary.com/portfolio/how-…
I put together a list of resources here:
- how to reduce your own plastic use;
- where to find local cleanup groups;
- what campaigns you can join that are already working on this. naomioleary.com/portfolio/how-…
