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World water pollution at an all time high endangering public health.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is a gyre of marine litter in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135° to 155°W and 35° to 42°N.
Most current estimates state that it is larger than the U.S. state of Texas The Patch is characterized by exceptionally high concentrations of pelagic plastics, chemical sludge, and other debris that have been trapped by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eco-Ola/168036436569442 This photo shows Eco Ola team members building charapita pepper planter beds.
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Here is the work of recent graduate student from the UK, Mandy Barker.
Entitled SOUP and named after the term given to plastic debris in the sea, this series of images aim to engage with, and stimulate an emotional response in the viewer by combining a contradiction between initial aesthetic attraction and social awareness.
Written by Cyril Foiret A key problem is that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration cannot send garbage trucks to flooded areas while 9.4 million people in those areas were expected to generate about 500 kilograms of rubbish each over a number of weeks.