So what. It's Just a small piece of plastic

Imagine you are on a pristine beach and you see a small plastic fragment–a blue bottle cap, how would you react to that. I used to think well that's just the price of modernisation. Not a big deal, the beach is still beautiful, the water clear and the corals outstanding.

I mean what's a tiny little piece of plastic for mother nature. The big ones–plastic drums, water bottles, wrapping sheets, tarps–forget it. No way! It would destroy our enjoyment of nature. The occasional encounter with the small stuff like the ones in the pix below, lets just not be too perfectionistic. Some practicality can prevail even among environmentalists.

I am being facetious, of course. Actually the picture of the plastics above is a snapshot of a much larger photo that tells a gruesome tale. You really have to see it to believe it, and it is sad–also to think that these photos were taken in 2009, the problem is most likely worse off now. Here is the link to see the original photo collection. CLICK HERE. They may be small and insignificant to us, but can be deadly in nature. It's time to be concerned and to take recycling seriously.