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Judi Lynn

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Tue Dec 5, 2017, 07:57 PM Dec 2017

'Sea of plastic' forms off coast of Honduras

A British photographer captured images of a dense carpet of plastic garbage covering ​​several miles of sea between the Honduran islands of Roatán and Cochinos Cays. It contained everything from plastic knives and forks, to bottles, food wrappers and shoes.

'Sea of plastic' forms off coast of Honduras
Por: Alejandra Vargas Morera
Publicado: oct 29, 2017 | 01:21 PM EDT

A carpet of plastic and polystyrene debris several miles wide was discovered this October by British-born photographer Caroline Power.

She captured the scene on camera between the Honduran islands of Roatán and Cochinos Cays off the north coast of Honduras in the usually pristine Caribbean sea.

"There were a seemingly endless amount of forks, spoons, bottles and plastic dishes. There were busted soccer balls, toothbrushes, a television and a lot of shoes and flip-flops," the artist and environmental activist wrote on Facebook, where she shared the images.

"It is devastating to see something that matters so much to me being slowly killed and suffocated because of human waste," she said.

More:
http://www.univision.com/univision-news/environment/sea-of-plastic-forms-off-coast-of-honduras

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'Sea of plastic' forms off coast of Honduras (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2017 OP
One of my daughters did some scuba diving there (Roatan) CentralMass Dec 2017 #1
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