Plastic superhighway: the awful truth of our hidden ocean waste

Solving the issue of waste in our seas turned out to be more complex than scrounging for bottles off the beach, Laura Trethewey foundWe called the competition Who Found the Weirdest Thing? So far, the entries that day were a motorcycle helmet, a lithium battery covered with scary stickers asking that we return it to the military, and a toy dinosaur.The dinosaur was warm from the sun and starting to degrade. The ocean had smoothed and worn down its edges. Rocks and sand had crosshatched its skin. It was missing a hind leg. On one side it was dark grey; the sun had bleached its opposite flank white. Continue reading...