Sept. 21, 2017
An online petition asking the United Nations to recognize an island of floating garbage as the planet's 196th country is gaining momentum, with the aim of highlighting the growing epidemic of plastic trash in the planet's oceans.
Launched by viral video sharing site LADBible in the UK and the Plastic Oceans Foundation, the campaign has the support of Al Gore who was declared the first honorary citizen of Trash Isles, a mass of plastic waste that has formed in the Pacific Ocean, equal to the size of France.
The pitch behind the campaign? Becoming a country and UN state holds the island to the group's environmental charter, which states that "all members shall co-operate in a spirit of global partnership to conserve, protect and restore the health and integrity of the earth's ecosystem."
Read more at https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/campaign-to-make-island-of-floating-trash-official-un-country-making-waves-1.3600477
