Six Pack Holder That Feeds Turtles

Ellen scott friday 1 jun 2018 9 40 am.

Six pack holder that feeds turtles. Once you ve seen a photo of a hapless sea turtle whose shell has been deformed by a girdling plastic six pack can holder you can never un see it. A revolutionary new beer ring system is making that scary idea for marine life into a positive reality. The rings are made of barley and wheat. Plastic pollution is a serious issue for the gulf of mexico as it has one of the highest concentrations of marine plastic in the world.

But what if we told you that sea turtles now have an opportunity to eat the six pack rings that hold your beer. Her body continued to grow around the artificial restraint which constricted the middle of her shell and prevented it from developing normally. The rings are created from beer by products during the brewing process such as barley and wheat and are completely safe for humans and fish to eat. Each net or bottle dipped into the gulf by lsu researchers came up laden with plastic and.

They tangle the wings of sea birds choke seals and warp the shells of growing sea turtles. While it s still a. A youtube video by we believers shows how saltwater brewery s eco six pack rings not only feed turtles they also feed fish and other sea animals. As they tangle the wings of sea birds warp the shells of sea turtles and choke seals.

You ve probably seen the heart wrenching photos of the damage plastic six pack rings can do to marine life. A turtle dubbed peanut was portrayed after being trapped in an inescapable six pack ring as a youngster. Although this may have somewhat eased the problem for marine life an estimated 1 million birds and 100 000 marine mammals and turtles still die from the six pack holders a year after being. A local brewing company in florida called saltwater brewery a craft microbrewery in.

When you picture six pack rings for beer and sea turtles it usually isn t a pretty picture. Florida brewery unveils six pack rings that spare sea turtles not snare them. Courtesy of we believers the rings are also 100 percent. Brewery creates six pack rings that feed turtles instead of killing them.

Saltwater brewery in delray beach florida has created edible six pack rings that feed rather than kill marine life if the rings end up in the ocean and an animal happens to eat it. By thomas leavy may 24 2018 4 58 pm cbs news the threat of plastic waste to marine wildlife is well known.