Garbology Chapter 5

This was one of the most interesting chapters of the book so far because it dealt with the ocean. I never realized how much garbage affects our ocean! I mean it is crazy to think about the amount of trash dumped into the water. It was sad to read about how many marine mammals and birds died due to the amounts of garbage thrown in the ocean. Another part that really got my attention was when Humes said that the little pieces of plastic floats around the ocean, the little fish eat the plastic thinking it is plankton, then the bigger fish eat the little fish, then we eat the big fish. So, in other words we have plastic in our body! It even said that there are little plastics our in our body washes which are substituting bar soap. It seems so weird to learn about all these plastics stuck in places you would never expect. It was really odd to learn about nurdles, which are basically pre plastic beads almost like liquid. It was said that 10 percent of beach clean ups consist of nurdles. Now when I go to the beach, I am going to be more aware of all that was stated in chapter 5.