In Pacific countries, people have lived in harmony with the physical environment for centuries, now even the riverbed mussels are affected
, in human blood and the placentas of our unborn children – that we can become blase about the news.
The main type of plastics were, unsurprisingly, from the types of plastics that we are immersed in. Nylon, ethylene-vinyl acetate , polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate , polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride and polystyrene. Common polymers of single-use plastics: PET bottles, food wrappers and packaging, clothing and textiles to name a few.Photograph: Andrew Paris
Kai is a vital commodity for communities that live along these river systems. Members of these communities starting to notice significant declines in the numbers and sizes of kai collected.The Pacific Islands are being swamped with plastic products and we lack the capacity to effectively deal with it all. We are fighting an uphill battle in the face of mounting plastic wastes.Plastics are being produced thousands of miles away from where the impacts are being felt.
Since time immemorial, we Pacific Islanders have relied on our environment as a vending machine for everything we need and the only currency was a little hard work, ingenuity and respect. But this system is breaking down, we are witnessing the steady deterioration of our environment in a death by a thousand toxic cuts, including plastic pollution.
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