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
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2. Homeless Koala
TheGuardian
3. Trapped In Plastic, This Turtle’s Waist Couldn’t Grow
Unknown
4. Bird In Oil Spill
Charlie Riedel
Albatross Killed By Excess Plastic Ingestion (North Pacific)
PollutionSpeakout
5. A Stork Trapped In Plastic
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6. A Wounded Seal Unsafe In Its Own Habitat
Ares Caius
7. Oiled Penguins
John Hrusa
8. 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.
George Steinmetz
10. Seal’s Nose Trapped In Plastic Waste
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11. Bird In Oil Spill
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12. Boy Swimming In Polluted Water In India
Greenatom
13. A Child Drinks Polluted Water From A Stream In Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province
Stringer
14. Mexico City Landscape, 20 Million Inhabitants
PopulationSpeakout
15. Turtle Population Killed By Chemicals In Environment (Tunisia)
The Tunisian Ecocide Group
16. Bangladesh Landscape Filled With Trash
PopulationSpeakout
17. 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.
PopulationSpeakout
19. Frog In Polluted Water
LiveIgnite
20. This Crab Lives In An Old Bottle
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21. Plastic Bag Floating In The Sea Off The Philippines
Keith A. Ellenbogen
22. 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.
Katie Pip
24. Cat Sunning In Trash (Wetsahara, Morocco)
Nadine Kreation
25. A River In The Suburbs Of Mumbai
Chirag Sutar
26. Open Dumping In The Streets Of New Delhi, India
Emma Valette
27. Trash Washed Out To Sea… (Mekong, Laos)
Raymond Richards
28. 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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