Eh Brah: Plastics are choking our ocean

I live on Halama St. in Kīhei. Walk the beach every day. The storm brought plastics that washed on the shore. Yesterday I picked up a pound of rubbish. Tiny pieces that floated here from many miles away. I found a blue spoon from Guatemala…...
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Illustration by Ron Pitts

I live on Halama St. in Kīhei. Walk the beach every day. The storm brought plastics that washed on the shore. Yesterday I picked up a pound of rubbish. Tiny pieces that floated here from many miles away. I found a blue spoon from Guatemala with algae growth on it. This is the first time I’ve seen this. Plastics are choking our ocean. Do your part. 

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