Glad you posted this here as it is an Off topic. While I am not a tree hugging hippie I do care for our planet. This is a problem that all countries have ignored for too long.
I remember 20 years ago my siblings an I went to our favorite beach and collected over 100 thongs (Flip Flops for you yanks) in 200 metres.
If that was 20 yrs ago then this dump is huge and all countries on the pacific must take resposibility.
Brendan
Sapper BN Army
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I think almost everyone cares for a clean planet - I certainly do.
I also am very skeptical about AGW theory - to some zealots that implies I am anti-environmental as well.
Pretty funny, especially when my household "carbon footprint" is much lower than the average American or European household.
Plastic grocery store bags will be illegal in Maui county in next February - they passed the law in Feb 09 and have given retailers 2 years to prepare for the transition.
For the retailers it costs about $0.03 for a plastic bag and $0.12 for a paper bag. The biodegradable corn starch bags are about $0.07 per unit, but still won't be legal here in Feb 11 under the current law. It costs much more to manufacture and ship a paper bag to Hawaii, so techinically it's carbon footprint is much larger, but it will also turn into compost in a landfill or disinergrate in the ocean instead of floating around for 100 years.
Your "thongs" and mainland "flip flops" are known as "slippers" (or "slippas") here
I do care for our planet.