11 Of The Dirtiest Beaches In The World

Unfortunately, The world's most beautiful beaches have been turned into trash heaps of wide scale pollution. Plastic waste and other debris have been causing significant damage to marine ecosystems. Besides this, tourism has a really negative impact on the planet, which is something we all need to try and combat on our travels. In this article I’ll show you the 11 worst examples of pollution on the beach in the World.

Kamilo Beach, Hawaii, United States Kamilo Beach, located on the south-eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island, has been dubbed one of the most plastic-polluted spots on the planet. Kamilo is an area of Hawaii's Big Island that is mostly made up of trashed plastic bottles. In fact, every year thousands of pounds of trash made by people, like hair brushes and water bottles, end up in the ocean. People from Japan and Russia bring some of their trash here. This beach is very dirty because it is close to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area of high pressure that collects trash from the ocean. Charles J. Moore, an oceanographer and boat captain, found it in 1997. Most of the trash is actually so small that you can't see it with the human eye, despite what many people think.