A few months ago on a little hike at Reddie Point Preserve in Jacksonville, Florida, we found this washed up debris after a series of storms and high tides. Reddie Point is part of the Timucuan Parks Foundation. This debris is yet another example of how much trash we have in our waterways. This area is where the bend of the St. Johns River begins to flow towards the intercoastal and out to the Atlantic. At least Mother Nature pushed it onto land where we could pick it up.
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18 responses to “SQUARES – The Trashy Kind”
At the web link are some sobering statistics along with some practical solutions to the problem.
https://www.neefusa.org/nature/water/trash-free-waters-any-timeline
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That was unfortunately a wonderful article. The numbers are staggering! I love the tips though and I may have to use this the next time I mention the amount of garbage that our planet suffers from. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
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I have liked the photo but don’t like the content – it is scary how much ends up in the waterways 😦
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Sometimes my content can’t be all beautiful birds and majestic mountains. 🙂 Awareness is the first key to change.
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very very true, and it is good to remind us all
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Sad – especially when you know that our oceans and waterways throughout the world are dangerously full of such terrible trash ……
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Yes, it’s like you don’t see it, it isn’t really there. Just like COVID and all these conspiracy theorist that say it isn’t real. Pollution and garbage is real and so is the plague! 🙂
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Sad how people tend to be irresponsible…
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Yes it is! It stems from getting rich at all costs and not caring who it effects! 🙂 Capitalism at its worst!
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sad to see..
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Yep sure is!
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Such a depressing sight! We regularly beach comb but it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
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Yeah, we do the same. You are right about it being the tip of the iceberg. If people like us just leave it like so many others would do, imagine the amount that would still be there. 🙂
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A sad sight that is a worldwide problem. Often see on our beaches trash washed up from ships 😦
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That’s what happened here and probably off someone’s dock! There was dock debris with this trash as well like a dock got broken up in a hurricane. 🙂
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Oh my! When I went to a secluded island a couple of years ago I was saddened when litter washed up to shore. I picked them up too but the next days there were more that kept coming.
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Even in the mountains we have to pull plastic from water 😞. I Collect quite a bit from the creek in front of my house.
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Unfortunately it’s not just the oceans. Thank you for picking up what you can. 😊
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