Malicous pollution by a Yachsman.

[Blueboatman]

That’s called added value so you can charge more?

Oh yes
In order for Mr Lazy to buy a chopped up peach from Mr Shop, someone has to use oil and energy to make the cellophane wrapper, the polystyrene base , the vendors bag. And the fork.
Then someone has to pick up these 4 discarded things blowing down the beach. Or maybe in a ( supplied) waste bin..
Then they have to be loaded and driven to a place where oil is used to drive a machine to bury it all in the ground .

Oh, I forgot the employment of Mr Peach pieces chopper
And Mr Put-it-together and make it look attractive
And Mr Awesome label designer
And the refuse operative
And the refuse driver
And the refuse burier
So many commercial operations from one ikle likle peach…
It’s the modem economy ??

 

[rotrax]

Naming and Shaming. The boat, a small elderly yacht, is called " Freebird " and is currently on a mooring in Ballyhenry Bay in Strangford Lough.

Not possible to speak with them as they were 100 metres in front and left in a noisy motorboat going away and then across from our chosen mooring.

So, Owner/Crew of Freebird :- TAKE YOUR BLOODY RUBBISH HOME, DONT CHUCK IT IN STRANGFORD LOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rotrax]

I'd be tempted row over and return the items to their cockpit, but that'd probably just delay the issue rather than solve it unfortunately.

The Strangford tides are fierce and fast. The gash was soon separated and out of reach from our boat - three items went whizzing by at four knots, fifteen feet away and speeding up.

I did think of leaving a note but posting here may get back to the perpetrator who might mend their ways.

One can but hope.

 

[penfold]

Get a loudhailer and then the next time you see litterbugs announce "Excuse me, you've dropped your litter!". Arguably a loudhailer is safety equipment anyway.

 

[Skellum]

In Japan they don’t have waste bins in the street or in stations etc but there is no rubbish on the street because Japanese people are taught to take their rubbish home / back to the office with them. My other pet hate is chewing gum left on the street, under the seat etc - I think they have the right approach to this in Singapore where the rules on spitting out gum are enforced.

 

[Frogmogman]

In Japan they don’t have waste bins in the street or in stations etc but there is no rubbish on the street because Japanese people are taught to take their rubbish home / back to the office with them.

Great attitude. For me, one of the high points of the 2018 World Cup in Russia was the Japanese fans clearing up the rubbish from their stand as they left.

 

[Frogmogman]

My elder daughter lives in Bira, Sulawesi, where her partner owns a dive centre.
Every week they organise a rubbish collection and clean up of their beach, with their staff, clients and interns. They have made their own kit for recycling the plastic into pellets, on the basis that if they hand the trash in to the local authority, it will probably just end up back in the sea.

They have established a coral nursery; with their volunteers they are in the process of restoring their local coral reef. They have also recently started a program to propagate mangrove plants with which to repair the local mangrove swamp. A couple of weeks ago, they rescued 80 baby turtles which on hatching had headed forthe lights of a beach restaurant, where the patronne had joyfully scooped them up and put them in a tank. Sylvain went down there, paid her for them, then took them to the beach and released them.

Woke ? I guess they are. But then, give me woke over comatose any day of the week.

 

[DownWest]

My elder daughter lives in Bira, Sulawesi, where her partner owns a dive centre.
Every week they organise a rubbish collection and clean up of their beach, with their staff, clients and interns. They have made their own kit for recycling the plastic into pellets, on the basis that if they hand the trash in to the local authority, it will probably just end up back in the sea.

They have established a coral nursery; with their volunteers they are in the process of restoring their local coral reef. They have also recently started a program to propagate mangrove plants with which to repair the local mangrove swamp. A couple of weeks ago, they rescued 80 baby turtles which on hatching had headed forthe lights of a beach restaurant, where the patronne had joyfully scooped them up and put them in a tank. Sylvain went down there, paid her for them, then took them to the beach and released them.

Woke ? I guess they are. But then, give me woke over comatose any day of the week.

I don't think that they fit in what most of us think as 'woke'. More responsible people keeping their surroundings habitable.

 

[Rappey]

Euronews claims that India dumps 126.5 million kg,s of plastic in the sea per year. China next at 70.7 .
The 5 worst polluters dump 314 million kg per year.

The kids swim outside where I live. There is a non stop stream of discarded plastic waste from them while they are here.
What hope for the future ?

 

[DownWest]

Euronews claims that India dumps 126.5 million kg,s of plastic in the sea per year. China next at 70.7 .
The 5 worst polluters dump 314 million kg per year.

The kids swim outside where I live. There is a non stop stream of discarded plastic waste from them while they are here.
What hope for the future ?

While we do a bit and hope, not very hopeful with a lot of the rest of the world. It is a bit like the first world and their lifestyle. The less fortunate would like a fridge and clean water. It does not work if everybody gets what they want. We are our own worst enemy.