{"id":28315,"date":"2018-12-17T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adpulp.wpengine.com\/?p=28315"},"modified":"2018-12-17T16:40:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T00:40:49","slug":"people-we-have-a-whale-of-a-trash-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adpulp.com\/people-we-have-a-whale-of-a-trash-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"People, We Have A Whale of a Trash Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prepare yourself for this staggering statistic: 300,000 pounds of plastic ends up in the ocean every nine minutes. <\/p>\n

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To bring awareness to the issue of ocean plastic pollution, Hub Strategy & Communication<\/a> and the Monterey Bay Aquarium unveiled a life-sized plastic blue whale art installation on Crissy Field in the Presidio. The 82-foot-long blue whale made from hand-recycled plastic trash debuted in October and will remain on public view there for three months. <\/p>\n

The endangered blue whale was chosen as the subject of the art installation to draw a connection between plastic pollution and its impact on marine life around the world. The largest animal ever to live on Earth, a blue whale can weigh about 300,000 pounds \u2013 the approximate amount of plastic that ends up in the ocean every nine minutes. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe created a life-sized blue whale to dramatize the scale of the problem,\u201d said Aquarium Executive Director Julie Packard. \u201cAs people view the installation, we hope they\u2019re inspired to make changes in their own plastic consumption and will to join us in protecting ocean wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n