Plastic swallowed by albatrosses in the Pacific ocean - Hawaii: Message in the Waves - BBC

A Hawaiian student looks at the plastic items found in stomaches of albatrosses, ingested from the Pacific ocean. Interesting video from BBC show Hawaii - Message in the Waves. Visit http://www.bbcearth.com for all the latest animal news and wildlife videos and watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Earth YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/bbcearth

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[Darchish]

Heres an idea! Why arent shows like this made into adds that are on mainstream TV to educate the pulblic??? Because it costs too much? Because everything we use is plastic and its too hard to change? It seems a simple idea for goverments to adopt. When a problem like this is just left to grow we are truly a doomed scociety. I feel sorry for us all, we are just pawns of the corporate world and we really seem to have no controll over what to do about it.

[Anthony D]

Stop arguing, this is a problem we need to solve. Start looking for solutions.

[truth1disciple]

Welcome to life in the modernized world, but as it has been stated man will destroy himself. Of course you will never see this educational and informative stuff via the mainstream media.

[stp52x]

Good thing I never use plastic

[Frosty Wooldridge]

“Plastics will prove the worst, most insidious invention of humanity. Plastics kill everything and anything in their path on all four corners of the planet. Plastics kill without violence, without warning and without provocation. Plastics float, sink and never break down. Of all of humanity’s folly on this green planet, plastics take the trophy for man’s inhumanity to all other life on Earth.” FHW, scuba diver and 6 continent world bicycle traveler

[Ophelia Jeong]

I'm so shocked and very shamed, i will try .. Not to use plastic things for my convenience. Omg....

[rckkrgrd]

The problem is not wit plastic itself but with the disposal of it. Municpalities (cities) have been using the oceans as garbage pits for a long time and many likely still do. Ships dump garbage overboard as well and I am sure most still do.Although not ideal land fills are better and recycling is the best. It needs a lot of public education and personal committment from us all.

[mcox250192]

You can now get eco tooth brushes, made from wood with natural bristles and all completely bio degradible. In my opinion they produce the same results so why not go for the smarter, more ecologically friendly option :)

[Lisa Colorado]

I can see the answers... back to the old days of refillable lighters and paper dolls. I'm not sure how to replace toothbrushes...

[Vilma Salazar]

If every "Like" start doing a change in foot print, we can make a difference.

[Rock Head]

instead of buying water at the store I use water from my sink , and glass containors from store bought food items at the supermarket clean put them in the fridg to get the water cold then go for my walk drink from them ,clean them refill etc my way of using less plastic.....I always return the plastic supermarket bags to store ,etc,must do....

[Breiffni Kennedy]

Don't give up Edgar, We just have to keep getting the message out there!! It is much easier to ignore the harsh reality and that's what people do!!