Picture the fit : you ’re lying on a Caribbean beach , the Sun shines down on the sand , and waves of multicolored charge plate garbage circle at the shoring .
OK , so it ’s not exactly what you think of when you imagine a tropical heaven . But recent disgraceful footage from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic render just how much plastic befoulment has ravaged the surround .
Released by environmentalist groupParley , the horrifying video shows almost incredible levels of plastic waste fill the ocean at Montesinos Beach , with the water entirely invisible under metric ton of bottles , polystyrene , and other assorted garbage . Revolting waves made entirely of trash slosh up on the shoring .
" Seeing this firsthand is absolutely shocking , but what ’s bad is that this is not news in Santo Domingo , " explained Carmen Danae Chamorro in astatementfor Parley . " This situation happens every meter it rain down intemperately , that ’s why it ’s important to strike a light on what has been ignored . "
The group claims to have already clear 27 tonnes ( 30 heaps ) of plastic waste from the sea , work with local military branches , government workers , and over 500 public workers . Despite the massive local effort , and support from the city council and city manager of Santo Domingo , the cheerless reality is that much of the plastic waste collected will not be recycled or reform . " Machinery and trucks have been drafted in to dish out with the massive tide of charge card , much of which will have to be sent to landfill because it is mixed and contaminate , " notes the program line .
Although this video is particularly grim , it is far from the first stark monitor of the effect our contamination is have on the sea . Back in March , footageof a plunger swimming in Bali went viral as it showed an ocean overrun with plastic waste , and last year a shocking serial publication ofphotosshowed the Caribbean seas covered in a bed of refuse .
" In the past we transmit postcards with magical beaches and palm tree . Now , it ’s waves of fictile trash , " Cyrill Gutsch , founder of Parley , state in the statement . " Unless we all act now , succeeding multiplication wo n’t even believe the mailing-card prospect ever subsist . "
