The Trash Vortex

2009-10-06 21:04:01

#1

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6526|Global Command

Best argument I've heard for global collective suicide, or perhaps the method of.

Jesus H. Christ on a handcart this is the single most disgusting and disturbing image I have ever scene;

https://seacat.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/plastic1.jpg

It seems real simple; we either learn to pick up and dispose of our garbage are we are doomed.

DOOMED!

Midway Island has beaches that are piled high with as much as 5-10 FEET of garbage;

Healthcare, Afghanistan, Irans nukes...

ALL ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO OUR OWN IGNORANCE!

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/se … y-pacific/

2009-10-06 21:05:32

#2

S3v3N: lolwut?; +685|6515|Montucky

Thats alot of garbage

2009-10-06 21:05:40

#3

S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6444|Chicago, IL

I recycle my cans, we're not all ass holes

2009-10-06 21:07:03

#4

S3v3N: lolwut?; +685|6515|Montucky

I know a problem with recycling the plastic bottles (mountain dew, water and the like) the bottle itself is a different variety than the cap and the little freshness/antifuckwithme ring.

2009-10-06 21:09:19

#5

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6150|what

Have a look at some of the computer dumps in Africa.

They are worse.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7543489.stm

http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/ … a5544ba06f

You have people scrounge through all the poisonous waste for scrap metal to make a living.

2009-10-06 21:14:13

#6

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|6652

You need to stop getting drunk/high and going around googling trash or sewage and then getting all paranoid and posting all this garbage/shit (lolgeddit?)

2009-10-06 21:17:56

#7

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6526|Global Command

Ya. That'll make it all go away.

2009-10-07 00:22:29

#8

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,810|6103|eXtreme to the maX

Thats the problem with the throwaway society, the stuff does end up somewhere.

Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй!

2009-10-07 01:39:01

#9

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6672|Canberra, AUS

cradle-to-cradle time perhaps?

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2009-10-07 01:57:53

#10

ruisleipa: Member; +149|6219|teh FIN-land

horrible shit

2009-10-07 02:28:01

#11

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6646

Sad thing is, by the look of it 95% of that could be recycled.

2009-10-07 02:29:33

#12

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6497|so randum

this is new lol?

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Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2009-10-07 02:31:08

#13

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6494

FatherTed wrote:
this is new lol?

teds 4 mod

2009-10-07 04:23:20

#14

Burwhale: Save the BlobFish!; +136|6220|Brisneyland

I back ATG on this one. Its utterly fucked what we are leaving to our kids.

If we are half smart we would use the garbage to fuel Plasma arc disposal reactors. This would dispose of the garbage, generate power, create synthetic gas thus solving many problems at once. Of course we arent smart, and we will probably keep on the path we are on.

2009-10-07 04:30:59

#15

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6408|'Murka

Mr Fusion, tbh.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2009-10-07 04:35:06

#16

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6618|London, England

Put it on a giant rocket and hurl it into the sun

2009-10-07 06:12:19

#17

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6526|Global Command

My cousin was a navy guy in the 70's. He said that everyday dozens of full bags of garbage were pushed into the sea.

We collectively suck.

2009-10-07 06:49:35

#18

Pug: UR father's brother's nephew's former roommate; +652|6539|Texas - Bigger than France

We could feel it to the dogs

2009-10-07 07:10:12

#19

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6704|67.222.138.85

How the hell do you think we "responsibly" take care of our garbage? We throw it in a big pile in a designated place, oooohhhh, aaaaaahhhhh.

2009-10-07 07:25:36

#20

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6618|London, England

Encouraging manufacturers to create packaging that produces less waste is probably a more realistic alternative than encouraging the general population to recycle more and to waste less. It's a simple numbers game. Just go up the chain to sort it out more effectively. Of course you can do both, but you can much more easily and effectively guide the manufacturers to change their ways than the public

2009-10-07 07:53:26

#21

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5355|London, England

Mekstizzle wrote:
Encouraging manufacturers to create packaging that produces less waste is probably a more realistic alternative than encouraging the general population to recycle more and to waste less. It's a simple numbers game. Just go up the chain to sort it out more effectively. Of course you can do both, but you can much more easily and effectively guide the manufacturers to change their ways than the public

Convince them that less packaging saves money Poland Spring went to a different shaped bottle because it allowed them to use less plastic. Not only saves them money but it's less harsh on the environment. Stuff like that should be encouraged.

(Of course, bottled water in general is a totally asinine idea that creates thousands of tons of waste plastic every year but that's a different topic)

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-10-07 07:58:38

#22

13/f/taiwan: Member; +940|5696

Take it all to Antartica and burn it.

2009-10-07 08:00:04

#23

ruisleipa: Member; +149|6219|teh FIN-land

Burwhale wrote:
I back ATG on this one. Its utterly fucked what we are leaving to our kids.

If we are half smart we would use the garbage to fuel Plasma arc disposal reactors. This would dispose of the garbage, generate power, create synthetic gas thus solving many problems at once. Of course we arent smart, and we will probably keep on the path we are on.

QFT

2009-10-07 08:00:55

#24

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6378|the land of bourbon

i heard a guy say this once on the national geographic channel and it's probably the most intelligent thing anyone has said about the issue. it's not an exact quote, but basically the show was about national parks and it being our last great heritage for wildlife and a place for people to get back to nature.

national parks are pristine places on the planet, and are becoming smaller and smaller. and when we go to these places, we feel as though we are in a better place, away from our artificial lives and concrete jungles. and when we leave, we are sad to leave this beautiful place.... but we fail to realize we've always lived here!

https://bf3s.com/sigs/36e1d9e36ae924048a933db90fb05bb247fe315e.png

2009-10-07 08:15:45

#25

cpt.fass1: The Cap'n Can Make it Hap'n; +329|6693|NJ

Seriously one of the biggest things you can do to cut down on this.. Is bring a cup with you, everywhere and ask fast food places not to wrap your burgers..

I also almost never take bags..

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