AntiPlastic
The official blog of BlueTurtle.com
Styrofoam glazed Mile Rock Beach in San Francisco
Feb 27th
Today my friend and I went for a walk down to Mile Rock Beach at Land’s End in San Francisco and discovered that Styrofoam is pretty much part of the landscape now. Wherever I looked I saw Styrofoam tiny pieces stuck in between and under the rocks, in the sand and under various bushes and branches that are found on the beach. I have visually examined couple of areas and found that there were at list 2-3 visible pieces for every square inch. I only found few larger pieces and that is because Styrofoam is very easily broken down by the elements. I wonder how much of it is around that we can’t even see with our naked eye and where are we heading with all this?
The Marine Mammal Center: seals ingesting plastic
Feb 20th
Today we made a short unplanned visit to The Marin Mammal Center in Marin County. The Center’s focus is on rescue and treatment of ill, injured, or orphaned marine mammals, which they ultimately hope to release back in to the wild. According to their research data plastic is commonly found in the stomachs of the treated mammals and in many cases around their necks and fins. If you have never been there before, you should check it out.
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- Seal caught in a fishing net
Ecological State of Plastic Montenegro
Feb 20th
Montenegro during January 2010 will definitely be remembered by incredible floods that have washed away incredible amounts of garbage, mostly plastic, and covered thousands of acres of cost lines of Skadar Lake, River Bojana and the Adriatic. This single event has caused more damage to the environment than any other event in the history of that country. The photos you are looking at are from the Bay of Kotor, one of main tourist destinations.
Energizer AA Alkaline Battery Sunbathing on Bermuda
Jan 29th
My last stop before heading down to the airport was St. Catherine’s Beach, also known as Gates Beach. It was refreshing seeing it clean even though I knew that the reason behind it was due to the fact that it was just recently cleaned. There were still few remnants of the reality, a ghost net that came from who knows where and a lone AA Energizer Alkaline Battery who was unfortunately not informed about the side effects caused by direct sunlight exposure. Well, in a few hours I will be on a plane to New York. Sad to leave so early but I will be back for sure 
Bermuda's beautiful trash of Tobacco Bay
Jan 29th
Today on my last day in Paradise, while riding a scooter I rented and successfully crashed yesterday, I came across this tiny, incredibly beautiful beach on Saint George’s Island called Tobacco Bay. I just had to stop at the top of the hill to snap few photos before heading down for a close up experience. You may say that based on my previous beach trash discoveries I should have totally expected to find trash on this beach as well, but I didn’t! For some reason I was not thinking about trash at all, maybe I am sick and tired of it? So once I came down to the beach I was in for a shock! Such a beautiful bay but almost entirely covered with trash. I just couldn’t believe my eyes. I am glad this beach was not cleaned up and I was able to document it the way it is. Beach clean ups are great and absolutely necessary but in a way they are not much different from swiping it under the rug. So thanks to the beach cleanups most people never get to see the extent of the plastic pollution problem. By the way, I am not suggesting that we shouldn’t do beach cleanups, of course
