`Buchtipp des Monats` by Michael Stachowitsch
(World News Austria)

Enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the earth four times. And that`s just plastic, not considering all the other garbage we humans produce each year. Marine ecologist Michael Stachowitsch shows in his latest publication how garbage pollutes the seashores and what we can do about it. uni:view: Your publication `The Beachcomber`s Guide to Marine Debris` deals with the pollution of the oceans. What is your intention? Michael Stachowitsch:We are surrounded by garbage: it`s at our feet on the streets and circling above us as space debris. We seem to be particularly perturbed, however, when encountering litter in what we perceive to be pristine environments, and the seashore may well...