The Pacific’s plastic shame

Posted on November 4, 2009
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It’s a discovery to appall a modern-day Captain Cook. A vast plastic terra incognita, composed of the detritus of our civilisation, has formed an area the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean. And feeding on this submerged stratum of bottle caps and beer-can loops is one of the most beautiful birds in creation

For the pictures…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/nov/03/albatross-plastic-poison-pacific

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