You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos!


You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Trapped In Plastic, This Turtle’s Waist Couldn’t Grow

From oil spills to overflowing landfills, man’s unsustainable quest to live a better life with little regard for the environment has caused a staggering amount of environmental disasters to be formed. At present, pollution is labeled to be the #1 killer, affecting more than 100 million worldwide.

And that’s not all… More than 1 million seabirds and 100 million mammals are killed by pollution every year.

Obviously change is needed – but what can inspire people to live more sustainably and limit their carbon footprint than startling statistics? Possibly the photos shown below, which in their heartbreaking real-ness, expose the truth of what is happening across the globe.

Following are 20+ shocking photos which capture man-made disasters and their effect on the environment. If these photos don’t inspire you to collect trash when you see it, it’s time to wake up.

1. A Tortoise Trapped In Plastic

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - A Tortoise Trapped In Plastic
Unknown

2. Homeless Koala

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Homeless Koala
TheGuardian

3. Trapped In Plastic, This Turtle’s Waist Couldn’t Grow

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Trapped In Plastic, This Turtle’s Waist Couldn’t Grow
Unknown

4. Bird In Oil Spill

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Bird In Oil Spill
Charlie Riedel

Albatross Killed By Excess Plastic Ingestion (North Pacific)

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Albatross Killed By Excess Plastic Ingestion (North Pacific)
PollutionSpeakout

5. A Stork Trapped In Plastic

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - A Stork Trapped In Plastic
Unknown

6. A Wounded Seal Unsafe In Its Own Habitat

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - A Wounded Seal Unsafe In Its Own Habitat
Ares Caius

7. Oiled Penguins

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Oiled Penguins
John Hrusa

8. Surfing A Wave Full Of Trash (Java, Indonesia – The World’s Most Populated Island)

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Surfing A Wave Full Of Trash (Java, Indonesia – The World’s Most Populated Island)
PopulationSpeakout

9. Plastic Diver


Every Morning This Kid Searches Through Discarded Trash For Recyclable Plastic That Can Be Sold For 35 Cents Per Kilo To Help His Family.

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Plastic Diver
George Steinmetz

10. Seal’s Nose Trapped In Plastic Waste

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Seal’s Nose Trapped In Plastic Waste
Unknown

11. Bird In Oil Spill

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Bird In Oil Spill
Unknown

12. Boy Swimming In Polluted Water In India

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Boy Swimming In Polluted Water In India
Greenatom

13. A Child Drinks Polluted Water From A Stream In Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - A Child Drinks Polluted Water From A Stream In Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province
Stringer

14. Mexico City Landscape, 20 Million Inhabitants

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Mexico City Landscape, 20 Million Inhabitants
PopulationSpeakout

15. Turtle Population Killed By Chemicals In Environment (Tunisia)

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Turtle Population Killed By Chemicals In Environment (Tunisia)
The Tunisian Ecocide Group

16. Bangladesh Landscape Filled With Trash

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Bangladesh Landscape Filled With Trash
PopulationSpeakout

17. A Mute Swan Builds A Nest Using Plastic Garbage

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - A Mute Swan Builds A Nest Using Plastic Garbage
Wikipedia

18. Landfill In Acra (Ghana)


First-world trash usually ends up in third-world countries’ landfills.

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Landfill In Acra (Ghana)
PopulationSpeakout

19. Frog In Polluted Water

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Frog In Polluted Water
LiveIgnite

20. This Crab Lives In An Old Bottle

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - This Crab Lives In An Old Bottle
animalnewsthepodcast.wordpress

21. Plastic Bag Floating In The Sea Off The Philippines

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Plastic Bag Floating In The Sea Off The Philippines
Keith A. Ellenbogen

22. Young Raccoon With Fishing Lure In His Lip

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Young Raccoon With Fishing Lure In His Lip

23. Pollution In A ‘Dry River’ In Bali


When rains come, all this garbage gets washed out to sea.

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Pollution In A ‘Dry River’ In Bali
Katie Pip

24. Cat Sunning In Trash (Wetsahara, Morocco)

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Cat Sunning In Trash (Wetsahara, Morocco)
Nadine Kreation

25. A River In The Suburbs Of Mumbai

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - A River In The Suburbs Of Mumbai
Chirag Sutar

26. Open Dumping In The Streets Of New Delhi, India

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Open Dumping In The Streets Of New Delhi, India
Emma Valette

27. Trash Washed Out To Sea… (Mekong, Laos)

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Trash Washed Out To Sea… (Mekong, Laos)
Raymond Richards

28. Beijing In A Cloud Of Smog

You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos! - Beijing In A Cloud Of Smog
ChinaFotoPress

If you haven’t already, check out the post “These 14 Photos Capture How Polluted China Has Become – And It’s Terrifying!” for more inspiration to start recycling today.

A little bit goes a long way. Picking up a piece of trash when you see it, initiating a recycling program in your town, or lovingly educating others on the benefits of not littering will slowly but surely help to progress the collective consciousness.

What are your thoughts? Share in the comments section below.


Source: True Activist


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