Bear Grylls' "the Island".

[BigDogsWang]

Is anyone else appalled at the amount of garbage which has washed up onto these beautiful Pacific Islands? They make English beaches look positively pristine. I think manufacturers of plastic bottling, etc, should be held responsible for making this non-biodegradable junk.

[gingejbee]

Yes, it's not the thoughtless people who dispose of it like that, who are to blame at all.

[B00]

lol yes!

However I think I heard it explained that it only happens when there's a big storm.

Still, If I was there I'd be pleased, hoping to sift through for some potential goodies, remember when the girls found the bottle of pop? LOL

[ummmm]

To be fair the worst litter I see round my area is after the bin truck has been.

[BigDogsWang]

Yes of course people are to blame as well. That will never stop. So in that case all manufacturers of disposable products should be forced to make them biodegradable.

[Sycamore3House]

If you go on the beaches in Cornwall after a storm you will see the amount of debris that gets washed up. This is rubbish from ships at sea.

[237SJ]

You see all sorts of crap on the beaches here. I have done beach cleaning in the SW and a lot of it is stuff that has come from ships. There`s usually a lot of nylon fishing net as well. You even find stuff that has come across the Atlantic. Nowhere is immune.

[237SJ]

You`re just in time http://www.mcsuk.org/foreverfish/index.php

[Prudie]

Unfortunately there are 'garbage patches' made up mainly of plastics in several areas of the oceans. It's stuff that gets caught in a vortex due to currents - which wouldn't be there if we cared more about chucking rubbish anywhere.
http://education.nationalgeographic.co.uk/education/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/?ar_a=1