Questions about choosing a Raja Ampat liveaboard

[Fibonacci]

Update on LBJ cleanup 8 June 2018 as part of World Oceans Day... great initiative and hopefully the start of increased awareness in Indonesia!
World Oceans Day Beach Clean Up - Divine Diving

 

[billt4sf]

Where does the trash come from? Good question - everywhere...

So where does it come from? Us.

It comes from people like this. Look at all that plastic! That guy can be really ... oooof...I don't know....

 

[chillyinCanada]

But at least it is not single-use plastic, and it looks like it's actually in current use and it looks like I have a reasonable expectation that it won't just get thrown in the ocean. Am I living a pipe dream?

 

[billt4sf]

But at least it is not single-use plastic, and it looks like it's actually in current use and it looks like I have a reasonable expectation that it won't just get thrown in the ocean. Am I living a pipe dream?

The amount of single-use plastic on the way we all get here (airlines) is appalling!

 

[Dan]

For now, we need to make sure to recycle the empty plastic containers. I carry reusable travel shampoo bottle and refill it before the trip. If they are not refillable, I take empty bottles back home & recycle them. At home, the city recycling employees pick up plastic & paper recycle every Thursday.

 

[Damselfish]

I just saw the other day info from a local very active town recycling commission about how recycling is getting more challenging for them. A lot goes to China, and China is cracking down on what they will accept. They had a pointer to this article but if you google "china aspirational recycling" you'll find a bunch more. (Aspirational recycling is basically feeling good about throwing things in your recycling bin that you hope are recyclable, but may not be.) Some places apparently a lot of collected "recycling" is ending up in the dump anyway.