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 some 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:
A Tortoise Trapped In Plastic
Homeless Koala
Trapped In Plastic, This Turtle’s Waist Couldn’t Grow
Bird In Oil Spill
A Stork Trapped In Plastic
A Wounded Seal Unsafe In Its Own Habitat
Oiled Penguins
Surfing A Wave Full Of Trash (Java, Indonesia – The World’s Most Populated Island)
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.
Seal’s Nose Trapped In Plastic Waste
Bird In Oil Spill
Boy Swimming In Polluted Water In India
A Child Drinks Polluted Water From A Stream In Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province
Mexico City Landscape, 20 Million Inhabitants
Turtle Population Killed By Chemicals In Environment (Tunisia)
Bangladesh Landscape Filled With Trash
A Mute Swan Builds A Nest Using Plastic Garbage
Landfill In Acra (Ghana)
First-world trash usually ends up in third-world countries’ landfills.
Frog In Polluted Water
This Crab Lives In An Old Bottle
Plastic Bag Floating In The Sea Off The Philippines
Young Raccoon With Fishing Lure In His Lip
Pollution In A ‘Dry River’ In Bali
When rains come, all this garbage gets washed out to sea.
Cat Sunning In Trash (Wetsahara, Morocco)
A River In The Suburbs Of Mumbai
Open Dumping In The Streets Of New Delhi, India
Trash Washed Out To Sea… (Mekong, Laos)
Beijing In A Cloud Of Smog
Albatross Killed By Excess Plastic Ingestion (North Pacific)
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.
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