Dave Robinson from Sealife Conservation spoke to our members about the dangers of plastic in our environment.
Plastic is filling up our landfill and oceans. Land is precious and should not be wasted.
The ocean filling up with plastic affects the world community in a different way. Experts call swirling mass of plastic and other marine debris “The North Pacific Plastic Gyre”. The problem is that Plastic will not bio degrade. Therefore, all plastic manufactured is still here on this earth in some format. In the ocean, the fish are eating the plastic which is either killing them by a full belly of plastic and then starvation or filling their bodies with plastic that leaches toxin into their bodies. Humans or larger fish eat the toxic fish. This is how the toxicity is entering into the human food chain.
When will this become an emergency? We feel it is now. The North Pacific Plastic Gyre will not be solved easily, nor will it be solved tomorrow, and certainly will not be solved by us alone. Everyone needs to do their part by stopping the use of single use plastics.
Chris Rochfort from Star Water Solutions discussed their solution for filtering water. They specialize in the filtration of oil and other chemicals from the gutter water entering the storm drains. If you have any questions, call our rise above plastic chair, Jeff Coffman.
