Shocking Sea of Plastic in the Caribbean

Recent estimates suggest that 91 percent of all plastic created for consumer use isn’t recycled. Scientists studying the plastic pollution problem have been horrified by the sheer amount of the stuff in our environment. Where does it all end up? Shocking photographs taken by Caroline Power of an entire sea of plastic in the Caribbean, provide compelling visual evidence that this environmental destruction must stop.

Jenna Jambeck, a University of Georgia environmental engineer who specializes in studying plastic waste in the oceans says:

“We all knew there was a rapid and extreme increase in plastic production from 1950 until now, but actually quantifying the cumulative number for all plastic ever made was quite shocking.”

Jambeck also told National Geographic that this amount of pollution would “break any system” that was not prepared for this level of waste.

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