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Went to the beach in Santa Monica and the amount of plastic washed up was just unreal
I filled a whole trash bag in 20 minutes and barely made a dent. How do we get people to care about this stuff?
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jade_mason987mo ago
Was it actually plastic or a mix of stuff? I ask because last time I went, it was mostly cigarette butts and food wrappers. Plastic bottles too, but those are easy to spot. Maybe if we talk about the SPECIFIC trash, like "this many butts in one spot," it hits harder than just saying "plastic.
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wade_hall6mo ago
Ugh, that's so depressing. I had the same thing happen at a lake near me last summer (filled two bags with mostly plastic bottles and chip bags). @dylanwilliams has a point about photos, but I also agree that listing the specific junk makes it feel more real, like "look at all these water bottle caps." It stops being a vague "trash" problem and shows what we're actually throwing away. Seeing the sheer amount of one type of thing, like bottle caps or straws, really sticks with you. Makes you realize how much single-use stuff we go through without a second thought.
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