Since the U.S. release date for the movie "Midway" has just passed, I assume this historical item is a hot ticket at the moment.
There is actually a postlude to Midway, which the movie probably left out: what Midway is like today. In 1942, Midway was attacked by the Japanese. Today, Midway is under attack by plastic:
Midway, a plastic island - CNN Video
Which, ironically, the majority of that plastic probably comes from Asia. Although...a large portion of the plastic which America consumes probably goes in the recycling bin. And where does that "recycled" plastic go? To Asia. And very likely, rather than recycle some of this plastic, they just turn around and dump it in the ocean:
Huge rise in US plastic waste shipments to poor countries following China ban
Midway sits in that big plastic blob in the Pacific. And that is no way to treat a site as venerated to American military history as Midway. This should be grassy fields, filled with crosses and memorial markers. Instead, it's turned into a big plastic blob with 1.5 million birds on it, every single one of whom have ingested some plastic. Many die from it. Except the frustrating thing is, many vets don't care.
Nonetheless, that is the reality: 300 Americans died defending Midway, only for Midway to fall 65 years later to a big blob of plastic.
There is actually a postlude to Midway, which the movie probably left out: what Midway is like today. In 1942, Midway was attacked by the Japanese. Today, Midway is under attack by plastic:
Midway, a plastic island - CNN Video
Which, ironically, the majority of that plastic probably comes from Asia. Although...a large portion of the plastic which America consumes probably goes in the recycling bin. And where does that "recycled" plastic go? To Asia. And very likely, rather than recycle some of this plastic, they just turn around and dump it in the ocean:
Huge rise in US plastic waste shipments to poor countries following China ban
Midway sits in that big plastic blob in the Pacific. And that is no way to treat a site as venerated to American military history as Midway. This should be grassy fields, filled with crosses and memorial markers. Instead, it's turned into a big plastic blob with 1.5 million birds on it, every single one of whom have ingested some plastic. Many die from it. Except the frustrating thing is, many vets don't care.
Nonetheless, that is the reality: 300 Americans died defending Midway, only for Midway to fall 65 years later to a big blob of plastic.
