His dive went 52ft (16 meters) lower than the previous deepest descent in the trench in 1960. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Undersea explorer Victor Vescovo pilots the submarine DSV Limiting Factor in the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench. Most plastic waste ends up in landfill sites or leaks into the natural environment, where it is causing huge damage to eco-systems on land and sea, creating near permanent contamination. The Guardian revealed that supermarkets create more than half of the plastic waste in the household stream in the UK. Much of the packaging they sell to consumers is not recyclable: plastic film, black plastic trays, sleeves on drinks bottles and some coloured plastic.

Source: The Guardian May 13, 2019 23:42 UTC