Comments on: “Plastic Soup” Debris in Pacific Ocean

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:45:57 +0000

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By: frank

frank — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:58:32 +0000

you dont fool with mother nature.

By: Alice

Alice — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:08:13 +0000

Mark, I think the correct number is 85% of people who exaggerate statistics.
And I don’t own a TV, Nazz Negg, so your statistic just dropped to 99.999%. Don’t round up, it creates lies.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:52:01 +0000

Nazz Negg is an example of the 80% of people who post on the internet and make up most of their exagerated statistic on the spot. Since few will actually verify it, who’s to know?

By: Sopa Caleb

Sopa Caleb — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:56:11 +0000

I am from Papua New Guinea and my Province (New Ireland) is on the edges of SouthWest Pacific. I was alarmed at the effects of plastic. For a start, I am encouraging my household what to do domestically and also around our neighbourhood. i intend to spread the word through all org I affiliate to.
Furthermore I would like to mention a few words that I believe if noted, peoples’ behaviour and attitude towards the Plastic disposal and better still the environment as a whole will change to the ‘Pro-side’.
These are the words that need critical examination on a persoanl level; Greed, Gluttony, Pride, Self, Envy.
The ‘Plastic Soup’ is one of the many outcomes of the level of standard and way of life that we have accepted to be our norm and sadly it is also killing us. How sad……

By: george burnett

george burnett — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:35:43 +0000

bought 2 grocery store bags out of guilt after Googling “plastic pollution of the ocean”. guilt only goes so far! kicked the plastic bag habit when i realised the cloth bags held more, carried more, and didn’t dump my groceries in the car. the cloth bagss only cost 98 cents. enlighted self interest to the rescue! i am now giving a set of cloth bags to my friends.

By: george burnett

george burnett — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:34:53 +0000

By: Nazz Negg

Nazz Negg — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:09:42 +0000

The Psychological facts.
1. You all complain about oil, how it is pulled from the earth, were we get it from and how much it costs.
2. None of you wold survive 1 year with out oil and all the products it produces, including your electricity.
3. Less then 3% of you grow ANY of your own food on your own land or in your own space.
4. Less then 5% of you walk a mile a week
5. Less then 38% of you have EVER voted
6. More then 70% of you are overweight
7. More then 69% of you are divorced
9. Less then 10% of you could name the top 4 individuals in your own federal government.
10. 100% of you watch 4 hours of TV a day.
My point is simple, you are part of a growing society of INDIVIDUALS, over feed, over entertained, locked in, dumbed down and loving every second of it.
NOTHING will change as long as you are too afraid, too mentally weak and too apathetic to stop blaming others, tolerating stupidity, justifying everything and lying about the rest.
Walk out your front door, cut the umbilical cord, get rid of your car and start re-learning how to provide for yourself, its never been easier with all the resources and techno-advancements available you should have no problem.

By: port of LA high school

port of LA high school — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:51:09 +0000

We should just ban plastic and the stores should start providing reusable bags instead of still having plastic bags for use.

By: Jackie Cardoza

Jackie Cardoza — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:46:03 +0000

Yes HOLLY i will defintly start using non-plastic bags. Whenever I go into a store I will make sure to bring a cloth bag or w.e
thanks for the idea.
=]
I’m 13 btw

By: Jackie Cardoza

Jackie Cardoza — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:42:18 +0000

I hate reading about the animals dieing, from all the toxic wastes and trash that can harm them.
It’s sickening to me. I just wish that it could stop. I just want people to recycle, and do the things nessesary to keep the oceans and the environment clean for the U.S.A. I am now realizing the impact ONE bottle makes because everyone does it. I am doing a project on ocean pollution in my Science class and just happened to click on this site. But I like it. YES!!! they are making paper bags with handles. I am so excited. =]

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:17:09 +0000

Also, I forgot to mention that there is no need to ever use a plastic bag again. I have been using canvas shopping bags since 2005 and it is great! Once you get in the habit of remembering to bring the bags in the store with you, they are a lot more convenient than plastic bags because they hold more and are stronger, and I use ones that have nice pictures from places I have traveled to, like Lake Tahoe and Pike Place Market in Seattle. These nice canvas bags (you can get organic ones too) are sold all over. I keep some clean ones in my car at all times and take them in with me at Borders and Barnes and Noble bookstores, the grocery store, Petsmart, and everywhere else I shop. I have never received anything but positive comments. Would you consider doing the same?

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:07:55 +0000

I earned my M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from Texas A&M and worked a couple of research cruises out in the middle of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, hundreds of miles offshore of Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. I have seen a refrigerator floating in the Gulf, plastic bags and other smaller pieces of plastic. Anyone who has fished in our oceans and streams has seen it too. It really is a big problem.
The biggest problem I think, is not the aesthetics, which is certainly important, but the fact that the plastic breaks down to small pieces that look like phytoplankton and zooplankton, which is food for whales, fish, and most invertebrates in the oceans and streams. These animals ingest the food and if not killed from starvation die eventually from a damaged immune system. If you love animals or like to eat seafood, start recycling every bit of plastic possible and pass the word along to inform other people.

By: James S. Klich II

James S. Klich II — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:07:21 +0000

This is a huge problem. I clean a stream in Charlotte, North Carolina. In a 2 year period I Pulled 200lbs of trash from a half mile section of stream. 100lbs of the trash was plastic. Any stream that goes into the ocean is also taking large amounts of plastic. We need to catch the plastic before it hits the ocean. We in the United States do a poor job of Recycling. It should be a federal law that every state has to Recycle. Many large businesses do not recycle. I used to work at the Hilton Garden Inn in uptown Charlotte. It is the law to recycle in the city. Hilton did not recycle at all. I am not picking on any company but every business needs to recycle. Many bars don’t recycle either.