Shocking Photos of Plastic Pollution in Caribbean

CategoryHabitat LossPosted on27th October 201720th January 2022AuthorJoe McCarthy

If a picture is worth a thousand words…

Shocking Photos of Plastic Pollution in Caribbean — When environmental photographer Caroline Power ventured into the Cayos Cochinos Marine Reserve off the coast of Honduras, it was as if she had come upon a crime scene.

Shocking Photos of Plastic Pollution in Caribbean — “This is the first time that a picture has brought the attention of the plastic problem in the Caribbean Sea to the public,” John Hourston, Founder of Blue Planet Society, told Global Citizen.

Shocking Photos of Plastic Pollution in Caribbean — The Blue Planet Society believes that the plastic came from the Montigua River in Guatemala and was washed into the ocean because of seasonal rains.

Shocking Photos of Plastic Pollution in Caribbean — Images of seabirds eating strips of plastic, turtles trapped in plastic nets, and murky tracts of plastic floating throughout oceans and along beaches have become rallying cries for the environmental movement in recent years.

Credit to Global Citizen & Joe McCarthy