When bottle caps were our friends

Manuel Maqueda — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:23:30 +0000

Remember when bottle caps were not bad for the environment, and kids collected them, and played with them?

Those were the days when you wouldn’t find bottlecaps in the stomach of baby albatross chicks. Or polluting the beaches of the world.

In those days, children were not born already poisoned by Bisphenol A.

Those were the days. It was not that long ago… Do you remember? Have we all forgotten those days?

Don’t give up the fight. Refuse single use plastics.

Children say it loud and clear: “we should buy less plastic”

Manuel Maqueda — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:42:22 +0000

Canadian videographer Jan Vozenilek was a member of Midway Journey, an expedition to Midway Atoll in September 2009 to document the effects of plastic pollution on baby albatrosses. Midway Journey was led by photographer Chris Jordan and supported by the Plastic Pollution Coalition.

Earlier this week, Jan Vozenilek visited an elementary school in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, where he lives, to teach children about plastic pollution. Jan brought with him some plastic objects recovered from the stomach of baby albatrosses, which made a strong impression on the children.

After learning about the effects of plastic pollution, the children had a clear idea of what needs to be done: “we should buy less plastic in the first place”.

This footage was broadcast by the CHBC News channel for the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada, and posted on the internet on November 2nd, 2009. Link to original news post and footage here.

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When bottle caps were our friends

Children say it loud and clear: “we should buy less plastic”