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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Again, it's NOT THE BAG, it's how people dispose of them. I've never seen a plastic grocery bag free itself from a sealed trash bag and blow itself into the ocean, have you??? And these plasma burn plants don't leave microparticles for earthworms.
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There's this chicken-wire or some such fence on the island of Bonaire, maybe 6' - 8' high, where locals hang things that wash in from the sea. Pretty eye-opening: I saw a few bags but lots of other stuff as well. Clothing. Children's toys. lots of plastic bottles and containers. Those plastic holders that six-packs of beer come in. Styrofoam. Those foam flotation "noodles". A hairpiece ("wig"?) A dilapidated fishing net. Couple of beach balls. Partially-filled plastic water bottles. A couple of things I can't mention here. What appeared to be a beach lounge chair. Lots of other stuff. It was eye-opening to say the least. According to a local I talked to the display changes regularly as new items wash up and old ones are disposed of.
Bags are negligible compared to the huge amounts of detritus tossed into the ocean down there.