On 2 Apr 2016, at 20:34, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> I can't help >> wondering how many of those plastic sea creatures above them end up in the >> Great Pacific Garbage Patch choking to death the real creatures that they >> mimic. > > I am quite confident that none of that was allowed to drift into the ocean. > > The people of Maui are paranoid about keeping the ocean and the > beaches as clean as possible. One almost never sees trash on the > beach or in the water. Plastic grocery bags have been illegal for > several years now, because the are easily caught by the wind and blown > into the shrubs and trees. Now that the last sugar plantation has > closed, Maui's economy -- and life style -- is dependent on its > natural beauty and those lovely visitors from Alaska who spend the > winter just offshore.
That's encouraging. B > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
