Here is a blurb taken from ‘The Trash Vortex’ on GreenPeace.org:
Take a walk along any beach anywhere in the world and washed ashore will be many polythene plastic bags, bottles and containers, plastic drums, expanded polystyrene packing, polyurethane foam pieces, pieces of polypropylene fishing net and discarded lengths of rope. Together with traffic cones, disposable lighters, vehicle tyres and toothbrushes, these items have been casually thrown away on land and at sea and have been carried ashore by wind and tide.
I live near a beach and this paragraph got me thinking about doing a regular feature showing readers what I find during my walks. I’m not fully committed to this idea yet. I would, of course, feel compelled to clean up the trash that I photograph. I don’t want to draw unnecessary attention to myself in the country that I am currently visiting. I used to live in Malta, which is slightly less littered than where I am now. I felt more entitled to launch into self directed cleanup jobs in that environment. I do remember feeling the stares one afternoon when I was snorkeling in front of the outdoor restaurant and cafe seating in Xlendi and occasionally climbing out to deposit an armload of plastic garbage in the municipal garbage cans right next to the tables. But the Maltese and the Gozitans are accustomed to eccentric visitors.
