I assume I shouldn’t label this as OC.

  • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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    9 hours ago

    Been to Morocco a couple of times. Zoom in on the photo

    The amount of dumped rubbish is quite frankly fucking shameful. There’s a sea of plastic bags and coke bottles everywhere to the point they’re blowing all over the Sahara too

    It could be such an amazing tourist spot, being so close to Europe, but the locals treat it like a giant rubbish dump. It’s such a shame

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      6 hours ago

      I’ve been in Marocco last September near Merzouga, at the edge of the desert. Had the same experience: looks like littering is an accepted habit.

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      8 hours ago

      Yes, absolutely. Tunisia too. Time for some new religous rules that’s relevant today. It should be haram to disrespect nature.

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      6 hours ago

      5 pieces of rubbish have been circled in a field. It would not surprise me to find 5 pieces of rubbish in a field of similar size in the US.

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          The US doesn’t have a tourist problem due to it’s trash, nor do people often say generalized statements like “American locals treat their country like a rubbish dump” after finding 5 pieces of trash in a field.

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      8 hours ago

      I wonder how much faster plastics break down on sand vs in the ocean… if it is faster. And does it drop below the size of a microplastic in sand.