Water is rapidly losing it's infinite availability and is on the verge of becoming the most wanted, needed and valuable commodity on the planet earth. With the exception of enclosed reservoirs, there isn't a single ocean,sea,lake,river, pond or creek that has not had some form of plastic garbage introduced into its density.
Once pristine beaches, and lakes, oceans and seas have seen the introduction of plastic garbage into their waters. As for enclosed reservoirs, the pollution's in those waters are of a more sinister nature, that is not to say that plastic pollution is acceptable.
With the advent of the modern computer came the modern attachment, printers. The modern printers now come with two choices, Inkjet or Laser. Now here is the thing - er - problem. In order for them to print they have to have ink cartridges, whether for black and white printing, or color.
These cartridges that contain the ink for printing are made from, you guessed it, plastic. When they do get discarded as they must after use,[so many have ended up in landfills-it has been estimated that 350 million of these cartridges are added to landfills annually] the problem they present, as with all other forms of plastic, is, the time for them to break down and return to the earth takes anywhere from 450 to a thousand years. One thousand years is an awful long time for just one cartridge to break down, now imagine millions of them floating around our landfills.
Now to our oceans. It's now time to point out one of the most prolific, horrendous polluters of our planets oceans. The people that gave us the grand debacle in the Gulf of Mexico. British Petroleum or as you see it at the pumps BP. Here is a list of atrocities committed by this company which pales in comparison to war crimes against humanity.
No one from this company has been held accountable or liable for the dastardly deeds done by this conglomerate, indeed they keep getting awarded government contracts despite their poor track record. According to the documentary "Beyond Pollution" BP is the largest polluter in the U.S.A. considering their long history of disasters dating as far back as 1990. Here now is a list of BP's foibles.
1990-Tanker oil spill off the coast of California. 1993- BP illegally dumped waste and violated Federal water laws. 1997- BP was found price fixing with A I G* and others--* the same A I G that Obama and his cronies had us the tax payers bail out {WTF????} 1998- BP had over 104 oil spills in the Artic alone.
1999- BP was responsible for burning toxic gases into the air at their Ohio refinery.
2000- BP paid the EPA $10 million and agreed to reduce air pollution. Question is, Where and what did that agency do with those monies?-
Did they use it to help the environment or pad their pockets?
2002- 3 workers are killed during an explosion at a BP plant. 2003- BP refinery releases 106,900 pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment.
2004- BP failed to report the release of 240,000 pounds of toxic chemicals into the air. That's a total of 346,900 pounds in 2 years. 2005*- Yet another BP explosion, killing 15 and injuring 170 of it's workers, all because of a $150,000 upgrade which upper management declined!
2005- Another BP refinery releases over 200,000 pounds of toxic chemicals. 2005- Another refinery explosion 2005- BP's $1 billion oil rig capsized in the Gulf due to faulty installation [ An obvious and ominous sign of things to come] 2006- BP had the largest oil leak in Alaska's north slope. 2 days after the firstspill, BP had another spill in Alaska. 2006*- Another worker is killed at a BP refinery. 2007- Add another worker killed to the death count for BP. 2007- More toxic chemicals released by a BP refinery. 2008- Two more deaths at yet another BP refinery. 2009- BP had 5 incidents in Alaska and spills more than 75,000 gallons of oil. 2010- April THE GULF.
BP from 1990 to 2010 prior to the Gulf, had 8,000 oil spills, 217 injuries and 38 employees dead. BP has has had the most felony charges against it than any other oil company. The Exxon- Valdez oil spill was relegated to a drunk ships captain, what is not widely know is that was also under BP's umbrella of operations. Entire species of Herring and other types of sea life were decimated by that oil spill.
The vast majority of the brave souls that attempted to restore wildlife to the best of their ability also suffered chronic illnesses that led to the early demise of many of them. The final tally to both humans and various sea life remains to be seen.
New York City, a metro card city has had almost a billion of these cards printed. They are made from Plastic. The tragedy with some of these cards is they were printed for one ride only and are not re-loadable which mandates they must be discarded.There have been so many discarded plastic cards Third ave in Manhattan could be covered with them for the entire length and breadth of that avenue. These plastic things, again, do not decompose in a natural manner which is contributing to the plastic blanket that mankind is slowly building for itself. Totally depressing so until next time, live well, be happy,make love, we bid you Peace.
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