Have you ever heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ? It’s believed to be the world’s largest dump. Plastic debris from the world over makes its way into waterways, where it’s carried out to sea and trapped in swirling ocean currents, thereby forming a trash dump in the North Pacific that’s twice the size of Texas. Even Oprah’s talking about it !

Think that doesn’t affect you? About 46,000 pieces of plastic litter are floating in every square mile of ocean. Up to one million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles worldwide die each year from eating plastic. When two scientists in the Pacific caught a commercially harvested fish and cut it open, they found 17 pieces of plastic inside. We need to educate people are the very real consequences of our addiction to throw-away plastic. Captain Charle’s Moore, who confirmed the phenomenon in a 1977 sailing expedition, will begin more intense voyage in June, to further his research and help build awareness of this issue, according to the Huffinton Post.

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Bulletin Bag [.com] recognized at Maine Statehouse event.  A press conference was held today at the Maine Statehouse in Augusta to discuss the resolution presented by Representative Ted Koffman (D-Bar Harbor). The resolution encourages the public to reduce disposable bags by 50% by Earth Day 2008.  Suzette Bergeron, Owner of Bulletin Bag [.com] was invited to speak about plans for Bulletin Bag [.com] and demonstrate how the reusable bag movement creates jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities for Maine people.

The press conference was led by Representative Ted Koffman (D-Bar Harbor ). Commissioner David Littell (Maine Department of Environmental Protection), Amie Joseph (Maine Grocers Association), a representative from Governor Baldacci’s office and a representative from Hannaford supermarkets also spoke at the event.

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