Plastic is suffocating the oceans and the diving industry is culpable.

[lowviz]

@Francesea, endless thanks (from us guys) for your subliminal suggestion.

The wife ain't buying it. A superior effort, nonetheless!

Let's get real. Where is the plastic coming from: Stemming the Plastic Tide: 10 Rivers Contribute Most of the Plastic in the Oceans

 

[ScubaGypsy]

Let's get real. Where is the plastic coming from: [URL='https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stemming-the-plastic-tide-10-rivers-contribute-most-of-the-plastic-in-the-oceans/']Stemming the Plastic Tide: 10 Rivers Contribute Most of the Plastic in the Oceans[/URL]

Don't know where the plastic might be entering in Delaware but see way too much during our shore dives in Rhode Island regardless of what's happening in Asia.

 

[ScubaWithTurk]

Since I took a part-time job in a big dive store (after I retired from full-time diving), I've been shocked at the amount of disposable plastic used by the diving industry. It made me write an article about it for Undercurrent. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post a link but here it is anyway! Plastic is Suffocating the Ocean: Undercurrent 01/2018

Good article and a subject worth talking about frequently. However I noticed you state "Glitter should be banned around the world, as it is in California"

This is an inaccurate statement. As someone who lived in California up until this past November, glitter is not banned! What California actually did was place a ban on products such as facial scrubs and body wash which contain microbeads.

Glitter is just as widely used in California as it is in any other state, more so probably. Just making a helpful observation.

 

[ScubaGypsy]

Just say no to glitter!

 

[lowviz]

Don't know where the plastic might be entering in Delaware but see way too much during our shore dives in Rhode Island regardless of what's happening in Asia.

Indeed! You speak to the other half of the equation. The solution requires both. Glad to see this thread.

Think globally, act locally - Wikipedia

I'm bought in too. Most of my market bags are from the Blood Bank of Delmarva (Delaware Maryland Virginia) 5 pints gets you a bag...