Garbage (Plastic Debris)/ Coast of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), ****Torres

Photograph taken by A/Z in the Land of the Southern Lapwing, available at Fine Art America. 

Photographs (also by A/Z) of garbage debris in small beaches in the Municipality of Torres (February 2016);

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"A total of 1,390 items were collected... Plastic debris (42%) and cigarette butts (39%) were the majority... plastic fragments... straws... bottle caps... plastic bags... cups... candy wrappers... lolly wrappers... February [Summer vacation time] was significantly more contaminated... The majority of sampled marine debris had its most probable source estimated. Land based sources (BEACH USERS) represent 68% of the total amount... Cigarret butts... can be directed related to the fixed backshore KIOSKS and the existence of a FUTBALL COURT on the beach... lack of knowledge of beach users... since rubbish bins are found in all kiosks. In adittion there is NO INSPECTION BY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES, and consequently NO GARBAGE CONTROL associated with the fixed kiosks (or with other facilities on the beach)... It was also observed that plastic and other types of solid wastes, such as building debris and grass cuts, are DIRECTLY ABANDONE ON DUNES all year long. The DIRECT THROW OF GARBAGE on the beach demonstrates the IGNORANCE OF BEACH USERS AND RESIDENTS in relation to marine debris problems..." Luana Portz, Rogério P. Manzolli, Juliana A. Ivar do Sul, Marine debris on Rio Grande do Sul north coast, Brazil: spatial and temporal patterns, Revista da Gestão Costeira Integrada 11(1):41-48 (2011);

*****MORE on the same topic:
"O gigangesco mar de lixo no Caribe" (BBC/Brazil); 

"A sea of plastic bags upon an ocean of trash" (The Sacramento Bee);

"Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea" (Plos One);

"Lixo de vários países chega ao litoral do RS e polui praias" (Youtube/Globo);

"Lixo na beira de praias é companheiro indesejado no litoral do RS" (TV Brasil);

"Três toneladas de lixo são recolhidos na praia do Cassino a cada mutirão de limpeza" (Globonews);

"Produção de lixo aumenta mais de 500% no verão em Tramandaí, RS" (Globonews);

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- The Whole Lunacy of Megalomaniac Billionaires; 

- How much is a Parasite Worth in Brazil?

- To Dread: Environmental Issue;

- Blue Crab/ Siri Azul (Torres, Brazil, Jan 2019);
- Instead of revolution: démontage;
- Who Wants to Be the World's 5th Largest Economy?
- Land of the Southern Lapwing; 
- Torres (Northeast of Rio Grande do Sul);