2lb of plastic poison found in Whales stomach

[lottie]

This is disgusting...I'm definitely cutting down onthe number of plastic bags I use.

From the UK's Daily Mail newspaper.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

[hbh2oguard]

Well I haven't been using them for the last few years, and my reason was because of the waste and the fact they are filling the landfills. Now I have another reason to stick with cloth.

[Delta_v18]

Always remember the four R's in Waste Management: Refuse, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle.

Plastic (especially HDPE and LDPE), rubber and metallic-coated balloons are also a threat to marine turtles. They mistakenly see these as sea jellies.

Our participation in the international coastal clean-up September 2007, here in my town revealed 30 sackloads of rubbish, mostly plastic and rubber.