r/pics Aug 12 '21

The majority of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is discarded fishing gear.

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u/Slightly_underated Aug 12 '21

This scared me. I mean I was always aware of how we are killing the planet but this explains it on another level. Like teatering on a knife edge scary.

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u/Steelio22 Aug 12 '21

The craziest part to me is how there is the whole organization that labels certain sea food as "sustainable," to make people feel like their purchases are helping to protect ocean life. But in reality the organization is doing absolutely nothing to enforce good fishing practices.

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u/Slightly_underated Aug 12 '21

Yep just another way to try and pull the wood over our eyes. The way this world is run is all back to front.