01.11.2011 - 19:45 [ NPR ]

How Soda Caps Are Killing Birds

Remember those haunting images of animals stuck in plastic soda rings? This is worse. Since 2009, photographer Chris Jordan has been documenting birds on Midway Atoll way out in the Pacific Ocean — near what‘s known as the „Pacific Garbage Patch“ or, essentially, a swirling heap of plastic the size of Texas.