The island of Roatan is being strangled by trash. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. Join TYT: https://goo.gl/v8E64M
“Shocking images have captured a Caribbean island’s clear blue seas being choked by a tide of plastic rubbish.
Taken off the Honduran island of Roatan, the pictures show plastic cutlery, bags, bottles and wrapping floating among seaweed.
One picture, taken from below the waterline, shows the sun being blocked out by the sheer weight of the pollution dumped into the ocean.
Blue Planet Society, a pressure group which campaigns to save the world’s oceans, had suggested the plastic may have originated from the Montagua river in Guatemala.
Recent footage captured a torrent of waste being carried out to sea from its mouth.
Caroline Power, who lives on Roatan, which is just 12 miles long and three miles wide, shared the images on social media to raise awareness of the problem.
She said it should make people think carefully about their plastic use.
“Think about your daily lives,” she wrote in a Facebook post. “How did you take your food to go last time you ate out? How was your last street food served? Chances are it was Styrofoam and served with a plastic fork and then put in a plastic bag.”
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Oil industry did not throw the plastic away humans did. I am progressive but lets blame the right thing.
There is zero connection to DAPL, only in your mind. Can’t believe I had to defend DAPL on a monday.
The petroleum industry is where plastic comes from. Remember the oil barons, friends of Clinton, Obama, Trump.
Please make a connection to DAPL. This is connected to the oil industry. The black snake needs to get decapitated.