Re: Plastic in the Med
Originally Posted by
Muddy
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Plastic in the Mediterranean is killing the sea life.
Much of this comes from Almeria in Spain where hundreds of acres of plastic greenhouses produce luxury vegetables for Europe.
All the plastic degrades and ends up in the Med as micro fibers.
Unless things change drastically it will become a filthy barren sea.
its time we stopped buying out of season veg its wrong.
It is a very bad situation but people like Simon Reeve and David Attenborough are likened to someone who throws a hand grenade into a room and then fly off to another location to make another startling documentary and earn some more money.
David Attenborough used to be good when he introduced many people to flora and fauna in far flung places that they would likely never see. I learnt a lot from his interesting documentaries, but then he changed and became a warrior for the planet, criticising everything that man has done to nature, he being one of them!
We have no jurisdiction over Spain, we can just wring our hands and gnash our teeth, not realising that we have just as bad problems here at home. The Spanish government are responsible for allowing this to carry on, and you just can't go waltzing into another country and tell them how conduct their affairs, would you accept them telling us? And may I remind everyone that Spain is part of the EU and they [the EU] don't care as long as the trade goes on and lots of money changes hands, mostly their hands.
These diversionary tactics just prevent people looking at our own back yard.