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119 Heartbreaking Photos Of Pollution That Will Inspire You To Recycle
20 million Americans mobilized on April 22, 1970; 30 years later, that number was up to 200 million citizens of the Earth. What was the cause that brought these people together? The desire to make the Earth a better place.
Earth Day is not a holiday, but an annual event dedicated to demonstrating support for environmental action. Consider the math: in many Western countries, each person generates 4.3lb (1.95kg) of waste every day, up from 2.7 (1.2kg) in 1960. There are now 7.3 billion people in the world; with the current population growth rate of 1.1%, this means that in roughly 64 years, the Earth's population will be almost 15 billion.
That's a lot of garbage. Let's do our part, avoid the mistakes of the past, and keep our planet clean! If you have an image of pollution in our neighborhood, add a photo to this list - and then help clean it up!
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Tortoise Trapped By Plastic
OMG that's what he grew up with? a trap of human pollution. :( just like prisoner since born.
We always cut the rings so animals can't get caught, just in case, even the small rings. This kind of abuse makes my heart cry.
Load More Replies...It's why they should outlaw these plastic things - people are too lazy to cut up the loops!
They should make them out of cardboard or something equally tearable.
Load More Replies...Outlaw these plastic monsters; people are to lazy to cut the loops apart!
If I ever have anything that comes with these type of plastic holders, I always cut it up before I throw it in the trash.
I allways snap these up so this cant happen, I make sure there are no holes before binning it!!
I always cut the loops in these! It only takes a second! PS this is a red eared slider turtle, not a tortoise.
Turtle Trapped In Plastic Waste Couldn't Grow
Yes, it's terrible. But I hope they cut the plastic out atleast after they got their photo! :'(
Am broken Hearted I hate those plastic can holders, they kill loads of wild life as people just dump them! Takes few minutes
Koala Lost Her Home
This puts tears in my eyes, but that does nothing to help what these animals have lost.
Bird In Oil Spill
I cant bear it. No more oil please. Enviromental power only. This is what is a high probability in the arctic when/if shell drill for oil
Albatross Killed By Excessive Plastic Ingestion In Midway Islands (North Pacific)
It's actually an art piece, this isn't how the bird died
Load More Replies...I think that's a seagull, but it's still heartbreaking.. This picture was taken by an artist who made a whole series about this; http://beau
In case u do NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED e.g PHOTOSHOP, HIS TUMMY EXPLODED FROM PLASTIC!!! DO U HAVE PETS?
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For ALL u ppl who think WEARING plastic is BETTER than leather!! That would be EVERYONE that thinks LEATHER IS CRUEL!
Stork Trapped In Plastic
This is not funny, i am aware of it and it is so sad but, I couldnt help but think he his wearing a rain coat
Suffering Seal Not Safe In Its Own Habitat
Oiled Penguins
Surfing On A Wave Full Of Trash In Java (Indonesia), The World’s Most Populated Island
Coca Cola sponsorship on the surfboard! They've made more of the plastic waste in the ocean than anyone else...
Ugh how disgusting. Is this supposed to promote recycling or coca cola???
Load More Replies...Indodesia, unfortunately one big trashbin full of plastic. Borobudur, Pambanan, great monuments. Nearby parking full of sellers & trash :-(
He Spends Each Morning Looking For Recyclable Plastic That He Can Sell For 35 Cents Per Kilo To Help His Family
What a s**t way to make a living, but in a small way he is helping to clean up some of the pollution.
At least he has a smile on his face - the animals do not...
Load More Replies...Dear Monika Morgan, I think he z helping z family bt u really don't know de pain African kids where even elderly parents can't feed der kids
Fake Hong Kong Skyline For Tourists
I had the same idea by seeing the image...
Load More Replies...It's also a lot of humidity in Hong Kong .. so this image might be not only pollution
Load More Replies...Seal's Nose Trapped In Plastic Waste
Like the photographer who thought of his sake of posting this rather than helping the poor one.
Load More Replies...do the people who take this pics of such suffering help them after they post it? Or just let it be?
I hope someone helped this poor animal instead of just taking a damn picture!
such a innocent animal and such a horrible thing to happen!! so beautiful
Bird In Oil Spill
Stark. Let's fictionalize some of the photos and made a new horror film. Terry Pratchett could have pulled it off, but I'm sure there's ta
Boy Swimming In Polluted Water In India
Yeah, like the one you're showing in your face in your profile
Load More Replies...and this is what it looks like when one of the most densely populated countries in the world celebrates it.
This is the result of Ganesh festival in India, where it's a tradition immerse the idols of Gods in water bodies at the end of it.
This is the result of Ganesh Festival in India, where they immerse the idol & other items used in a water body at the end of the festival.
Child Drinks Water From Stream In Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province
So sad to see this. We are all lucky we can drink clean water every day.
The animals are bad enough but a child having to live this way is heart breaking and so wrong.
Gaawd.. Can't imagine this but seeing it for real makes my blood boil
This is happening in many parts of the world. Think of that one day when water is so scarce and nowhere to find.. sigh
Girl Walks Through Smog In Beijing, Where Small-Particle Pollution Is 40 Times Over International Safety Standard
I live in Beijing and it's not even remotely as bad as it's made out to be in "western" media. There are huge peaks a few times a year yes.
Load More Replies...Yeah. like the one you're showing in your profile.
Load More Replies...I figure the coronavirus is mother natures way of giving us a wake up call for global warming and a break from al the nasty pollution by quarantining the world
THIS IS THE REASON MAN IS TRYING TO COLONIZE MARS. WE HAVE RUINED THIS PLANET, AND WE ARE WILLING OR ABLE TO TURN THINGS AROUND.
Delhi has small particle pollution around 200 times the international standard. Time to really wake up!
come on people do something ....??? human suppose to be the smartest thing on this planet ...that a big fat lie :)
I lived in Beijing for a year. It's hella cool to pretend to be in a post-apocalyptic zombie setting. "Braaiins!" So there are bright sides.
Worker Cleans Away Dead Fish At A Lake In Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province
The fish could of had a future but all they got was the filthy death we gave them.
Oh my I can't even begin to fathom the spell he would have to endure doing that an so many fish it's just
I'm afraid of What they are gonna to do with this amount of dead fish ?!
Ken River Oil Field, California (USA) – Exploited Since 1899
Terrible, ver tantas personas y animales sufriendo por la falta de educación y los cuidados que debemos tener con el ambiente.
TOO CLOSE 4 COMFORT ANYBODY?? WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA!! NOT SEEN ON TV!!
This is jobs, jobs, and more jobs for our community, and a natural resource you depend on. The real beauty is when you see them pumping.
Mexico City Landscape, 20 Million Inhabitants
THATS a lot of people....but there's millions more everywhere else......
Child Swims In A Polluted Reservoir, Pingba
Really sorry for the animals as it's we - humans - who messed it up :/
Landscape Full Of Trash In Bangladesh
wait till the day the whole earth is like this , just because of stupidity
I completely agree an it terrifies me. Which is I try to do all I can to do my part.
Load More Replies...Man Cleans Up Oil Spill In Dalian Port, Liaoning
I am so sorry,and I don't know, how could we do to change this horrible situation
Great Wall Of China, Shame
Shame on tourists! It's not because you are not home that you can do whatever you want!
I've been there, it's a nice place.. We must keep it the nicest way..
A Bald Sunbear In Borneo Where Major Deforestation Is Threatening Their Habitat And Health
Residents Look At A Heavily Polluted River, Zhugao, Sichuan Province
When are we ever gonna learn? I read today that Canada and US both have a low percentage of people (around 11%) that feel guilty about this.
A Mute Swan Builds A Nest Using Plastic Garbage
No, what happens is that the rain will not get through her nest,because it is made of plastic, so her babies will drown :(
Load More Replies...Landfill In Accra (Ghana). Our Electronic Rubbish Usually Ends Up In Third-world Countries
Boy Swims In Algae-filled Water, Qingdao, Shandong
I've lived there, it is a beautiful place, but the most of the beaches look like this
I'm not sure this one is caused by pollution. Many bodies of water have naturally occurring annual vegetation booms.
Man Walks By Pipe Discharging Waste Water Into Yangtze River
Frog In Polluted Water
Journalist Takes A Sample Of Polluted Red Water From Jianhe River
She has not stepped into the water or anything else with dirt or grime that was a different color then her boots, they still look dusty...
Actually, the water is not red because of pollution. It is red because microscopic algae release a type of protein that turns it red.
Crab Lives In Old Bottle
Plastic Bag Floats In The Sea Off The Philippines. Ocean Plastic Has Turned Up Literally Everywhere - In The Deep Sea And Buried In Arctic Ice
Young Raccoon With Fishing Lure Caught In Lip.
It PROBABLY got it from eating garbage.... maybe i am being stereotypical. i'm going to say this is a problem, but not a pollution problem.
Over 3000 Dead Pigs Fished Out Of Huangpu River
not sure if this is from pollution.. maybe some sort of disaster. a damn shame nonetheless.
No, it was a factory farm upstream "disposing of" unwanted pig carcasses
Load More Replies...A Family Walks On A Garbage-strewn Beach In Mumbai
Boy In Polluted Water
Fire At Oil Platform In Gulf Of Mexico, April 2010
Boy Tries To Avoid Scattered Rubbish Floating On A Flooded Street In Shantou, Guangdong Province
Even in the most clean city the flood will generate such a rubbish flow. Inappropriate photo.
California Drought
Americans are 5% of the world's population but consume 25% of its resources. That'll teach them.
Strange how each little house is surrounded by green. They've obviously still got water to spare...
What's the problem when someone wants to row grass in the middle of sand??
Yeah the drought in Cali is pretty bad. It hasn't really affected my part but in other parts of Cali is just as bad maybe worse that this.
Fishermen Row A Boat In The Algae-filled Chaohu Lake In Hefei, Anhui Province
But is caused by fertilizer flowing off farms into water.... it creates an algae bloom because of all the nutrients and then the plants and animals under the water essentially drown because tehre is no sunlight and oxygen because the algae uses all of it
Load More Replies...Workers Try To Drain Sewage Water From Leaking Sewage Tank, Shanghang, Fujian
they are cleaning some industry equipment, so what is the problem? No pollution outside. you are trying to manipulate our minds.
Buildings In Beijing Surrounded By Smog
Dry 'river' In Northern Bali - When The Rains Come The Plastic Washes Out To Sea.
Not only Bali, all Java is the same. Riverbed is full of water in rain season and full of trash in dry season. Rain works as a flush toilet.
Indonesian Forest Transformed Into Palm Plantation
This is so sad to see, and is the reason younger generations will probably only see orangutans in zoological museums
consider switching it out for another more sustainable oil to protect the planet. *Read from bottom comment to top*
Load More Replies...Workers Clean Up Floating Garbage On The Yangtze River
they dont cleean the river, they just picking up plastic bottles in order to earn some money
Terrible Pollution In India's Rivers
yes, the soap is a good thing, but it's not clean and they have no clean water to wash it off.
Load More Replies...Brazil Drought
This looks like the pulled skin off of a person. Like they are ripping the life from not only from us, but the planet itself.
Appears to be a veiled face, struggling to breathe. Kinda reminds me of the dementors from Harry Potter actually.
Pollution From A Factory In Yutian, 100km East Of Beijing
Plastic Sandals Found On Beaches In Raja Ampat
Part Of The Amazonian Jungle In Brazil, Burnt Down To Be “Repurposed”
thank you for reminding me what I'm here to do - to inspire people to live in harmony with nature
An Elderly Man Uses A Broom To Sweep Away A Burst Of Algal Bloom From The Surface Of A Pond In Order To Bathe In Jiaxing
Cat And Trash At A Beautiful Beach In The Westsahara, Morocco
Pollution In Tiananmen Square In China
Girl And Her Father Collect Water From Puddle At Dried-up Reservoir, Baofeng County
Blizzard Of Nor'easters No Surprise Thanks To Climate Change
Madhya Pradesh,in.:cows Awaiting Death,poisoned By Plasic,eaten With Food In The Garbage.
A River In The Suburbs Of Mumbai.
That is not a river. its a sewer drain that discharges in the Arabian Sea.
Plastic Kochin, India
Terrible! I was there with my family 2008 and it didn´t look like this then....
Open Dumping In The Streets Of New Delhi, India
Taken At A Tourist Spot In India - 2011
I suppose it only takes one t****r to throw a bottle down there and the rest will follow!!
Mekong - Laos.
You keep bashing tourists, but tourism is a huge business for many places. it creates jobs, tourists love to buy local-they need it to live.
Load More Replies...Derilect Building In Johannesburg
The Ship-breakers Of Bangladesh
Ship-breakers area good example of recycling business. This photo is not about pollution at all.
It's better to have the ships crashed onto a beach than having them rusting away at the bottom of the ocean.
Load More Replies...Landfill Perimeter 2 Days After Being Cleaned
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
Shall We Take A Swim In Plastic Soup, We Don't Have To Go Far...
why I boycott the filthy stuff - If you want to cut your plastic footprint check out plastic free alternatives www.plasticisrubbish.com
Future Of Wildlife
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
Pelican Unable To Fly Due To A Plastic Wire Around Its Legs
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Pollution In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
Radioactive Pollution Of Gabes Coast (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Pollution In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Tunisian Chemical Group Ecocide In Gabes (tunisia)
The Dog's Really Want To Eat Something (romania)
Nuclear Waste Px Born Monkey Man Hybrid
Me too. But what I hate: 1)People just take photos and stare instead of helping the poor things!2)This is obviously animated. Go to https://www.fastweb.com/student-life/...eight-simple-ways-to-help-the-environment
this photograph is an insult to all who take the placing of pictures about polution serious.
Can't stand seeing all of these innocent snimals suffering because of our waste!
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Sleeping Waterbury Squalor Albino
this photograph is an insult to all who take the placing of pictures about polution serious.
yes, this is how pollution happens. People sitting on their butt doing nothing about it.
God put us here to take care of His creatures, not kill them with trash
This planet is too beautiful for us... we don't desrve it! The animals are suffering because of our stupidity!!
This video really helps hit the point home: https://youtu.be/eRLJscAlk1M
God put us here to take care of His creatures, not kill them with trash
This planet is too beautiful for us... we don't desrve it! The animals are suffering because of our stupidity!!
This video really helps hit the point home: https://youtu.be/eRLJscAlk1M
