Getting shacked by plastic
For the full series of images it came from (and the surfer and photog's name):
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/gall...
That pic of the rubbish tube was a surfing life cover a few years ago . Think its west java.
Panaitan.
Here ya go Benski, I remember this well;)
Looks like a fifty dollar note in the roof?
Couple of blue condoms
eeeeewww?
Poor dede suryana i wonder if he was clean when he was finished surfing that day .
Whenever I walk off a beach I always pick up some rubbish. No big deal many do it but I'm amazed at numbers of surfers who are blind to the rubbish on their local.
@stu /ben perhaps a story on the good work some of those voluntary groups do like clean coast collective would be good. Lots of groups here in Australia and world wide do similar work.
Clean of what Caml, Herpes, VD, or just darn right skank in the water.
Yuk;)
Only way to stay clean is to make the barrel I guess!
Be good if we can make waste plastic valuable so that this stuff represents money. I have heard of technologies converting plastic rubbish to oil, thermopolymerisation or something, so maybe there's hope. Course, using it for oil isn't the greatest thing in the world either, but sea levels that turn Chopes into a crumbly mal wave surely beats getting shacked in plastic!
I think.
Plastic is Dead long live The King
Plasticworld is back even shinier & 1000 x more polluting.
Shacked by Plastic walls everywhere & soon every shop.
In the next few weeks every Super Market / Store will install anti sneeze screens.
Every grain of salt wrapped in plastic... Yes ! Every shopper wrapped in Cling-film.
Waste sorting & Plastic Recycling Schemes have been binned.
All scream for single use throw in ocean plastic to ward off the virus.
Big oil needs a boost & Corona Quarantine Plastic World just delivered.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/global-warming/why...
Plastic Bag Bans now rescinded ...wear em' on yer head & wave the new Flag!
https://reason.com/2020/03/20/state-governments-are-delaying-their-plast...
City bans Surfies & Greenies spreading coronavirus with shitty Hippy Tote Bags.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/14/using-tote-bags-instead-of-plastic-could-h...
tbb is just saying the world just changed & the Ocean is the new spew bucket!
Ocean Defenders need to start all over again with a 10 fold army...All say Aye!
What about laying the plastic in surfboards? Makes it stronger than normal surfboards
We did an article here with Stu
https://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2019/10/29/fantastic-pla...
Never Waste a good Waste Crisis
Not only tbb had trouble getting Waste data...all other reports are lighter than this
This is an abysmal data Hub for 2nd biggest Crisis of our time...so, sue me!
Lockdowns halted Recycle Counts > Private Contractors won't share Data
World absolves itself from accounting for world's biggest waste pile
Bigger Waste Pits + increased incineration + Medi Waste washing ashore.
Lockdowns resulted in 50% increase in household Rats.
Strict Lockdowns Stage 4-5 produce 30%-70% Less Waste.
Oddly affording better resourcing for increased Med Waste
Stage 1-3 lockdowns spread 50% more packaging & Domestic waste
Oddly have little time for addressing growing Med Waste Crisis (System Collapses)
40% Lockdown Packaging > (Amazon) Buy > Plastics / Extra Grocery Wrap
20% Takeaway Cardboard
40% Plastic Waste (WHO) Use > Masks / Glove / Goggles / Sanitiser Bottles
50% ICU deaths are due to bacteria from contaminated Plastics
Med Waste Comparison: (Corona Bed 2.5-2.8kg waste (vs) Birth 5kg waste)
(Odd Fact) Coronavirus survives longest on Plastic (4 days) & Masks (7 days)
Covid Ban on safer reusable Cloth Bags (2 days) + Stainless Cups (2-3 days)
Recycling / Plant - reductions + Shutdowns > Fewer Pickers.
Food Waste Doubled : Milk / Eggs / Packaged Banana-Tomatoes-Lettuce
Australia / NZ
+10% April > 20% July = Xmas Volume (Plastic Waste Exporters - 1 Vic / 2 Qld)
Fly Tipping - GC +20% / Parramatta +20% / Sydney 35 >75% / Melbourne+70%
Med Waste (Toxic Plastics) - Vic Stage 4 (100t > 500t in 2 weeks)
Vic Aged Care - 2 bins/week > 200 bins/week
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-20/coronavirus-ppe-piles-up-aged-car...
NZ Auckland Rubbish (Domestic)+12% > 1,870t April '20) Plastic + 27%
Americas..
Canada - Plastic +30%
US- Domestic +20% > 30% > 40% (Chicago > 50% March-April) Export > Kenya
Mexico- 3,500t > 6,000t (3 months)
Argentina B'Aries down 34% / Bogota down 75% (Level 4-5 Restriction Flip)
Asia
Russia- Carts all waste north for tipping / incineration
China-Wuhan (Med') 40t >250 /day - Hubei Feb+370% (China all +20% March)
Japan (Domestic)+110% / Comm down 57% / Plastic +17%
S Korea 6,000t Export load to Manilla was sent back...(No Thanx)
Indonesia-(Med'/day) Jan-10,903t > March 11,646t > April 14,606t
Malaysia- (Domestic) March 27% > April 31.5% >May 24.6% (Plastic +80%)
Thailand +Plastic 5,000 >6,300t/day / Bangkok +Plastic 2,115 > 3,400t/day
Singapore- Takeaway + Online Waste x 2
Bangladesh-Med Waste 2kg /Covid bed / Mumbai x 2 or up (100%) Piling up!
60 Day - Asian Med waste total
Manila 12,750t/ Jakarta 12,600t/ Bangkok 9,600t/ Hanoi 9,600t/ K'lumpur 9,240t
Europe
Italy - Med Waste 300,000t approx for Covid 2020 (Comm less 10%> 500,000t)
Germany- (Domestic) +15
France - Fly tipping +40-50% -7,000t / Paris - April 180t > May199t > June304t
UK - Fly Tipping + 300%
Spain - Catalonia- Med Waste +350% / Madrid-Med Waste +300%
Ireland- Domestic +21% / Comm down 50-70%
As you can read there is no unified waste measure of Covid Waste Crisis.
This overview took tbb 2 months to compile & even it's rubbish...Maybe!
Just looking at a series of photos on The Guardian about overpopulation and overconsumption. Came across this dude getting shacked by rubbish (and a fair bit of seaweed). Maybe the pic is well known but it's the first time I've seen it. Great image.
http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-1920/h--/q-95/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictu...
Not sure how to link pictures the way you guys do, sorry.