Originally Posted by
Lucinda
As someone with a degree in environmental science, I would like to mention that clearing away plastic litter always makes a difference regardless of whether you're doing it on the beach or further up on land cause sooner or later the garbage will end up somewhere where it will pose a problem. For instance, it can be carried away by wind, rain or melt water and then just end up a bit later in the sea. Alternatively, the garbage can end up in a lake or somewhere where it can contaminate dricking water (microscopic pieces of plastic have been found in lake and drinking water samples). And the thing is, larger pieces of plastic will eventually fall apart into smaller pieces, so the sooner it is removed from the environment, the better. So if you're organizing a beach cleanup, you're doing Mother Nature a big service. But you would also be doing an equally import job if you were to organize a cleanup further up on land (such is in the city, your local woods, parks, neighbourhood etc.) I know it doesn't sound as "mermaidy" as cleaning up a beach, but you can also make a difference elsewhere.
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