An environmental mess is growing in scale in far northern Australia, with wave after wave of plastic waste washing up on coastlines in the remote Northern Territory and Queensland.Rangers say the amount of plastic waste washing up on remote NT beaches is the worst they've ever seen it
Lighters, thongs, scooter helmets, medical syringes, toothbrushes, and an endless list of rubbished items, much of it from Indonesia, is piling up on once pristine beaches. "We've only got 10 rangers, and to stretch that out along 70 kilometres of coastline when we're just getting smashed by marine debris, it's utilising all of our resources and time," he said.
Beaches inundated by thousands of tonnes of plastic waste from Asia | AB... via YouTube
Maybe sending our plastic waste to Asian countries for 'recycling' when they can't manage their own waste is not a good idea.
It’s our waste, maybe put your resources here in teaching people to reduce their waste consumption. Not because of climate change.
. Psssst! Hey world... Guess what, all these plastic piles in the ocean isn't storm run-off. It is our yellow bin recycling being sold, resold, shipped and OOPS falling over the side... A real journo would follow out waste from kerb to xyz. Bur sure, blame Indonesia... .
Tell us what beach it is. Don't worry about Bondi.
Six semi-trailer loads of waste the past year and half in one area? Indonesia and its neighbours need to be held more accountable for it's sh*t. The oceans are not a dumping ground.
Please check your article - I think you'll find that Sea country facilitator Jess Puntoriero, quoted at the beginning, is a 'she', not at 'he'. Go Jess!
Deduct the cleanup costs from the aid given to Indonesia.
Obviously a result of CC
But Aussies are the ones who have to be banned from using plastics , not Asian countries, the actual ones trashing the place.