Even though
my project regarding plastic on Florida's beaches has been completed, I plan to
continue my research and self-education on the substance. Over the holidays I
picked up a phenomenal book called Plastic, written by Susan Freinkel. Did you know not all plastic is recyclable?
Lighters, for example, are made of a type of plastic that doesn't melt into a
reusable substance and, as the author of Plastic points out, alternatives such
as refillable metal Zippos come with a lifetime warranty.
In addition
to reading up on plastic I found another source of the variety that may end up
in the ocean. I've never purchased fireworks, I guess I don't like the idea of
blowing up money, but during a grocery trip I noticed the pointy plastic caps
on some of the fireworks on display. Per the website Plastics in Fireworks, the
caps aren't the only plastic parts in these dog bark inducing devices.
With that in
mind I planned on visiting Daytona Beach at 8a.m. on January 1st, 2014, to
collect fireworks debris on the beach between Sunsplash Park and the pier, but since certain Deltonians decided to
shoot fireworks until 4a.m. we didn't get to the beach until 10:30a.m. I was
quite panicked that the city or other well-intended folk had collected all the
debris and I'd come up empty handed, but, as you can see in the picture, I retrieved
a bag full of firework related stuff, including parts that I can
identify as plastic pictured towards the bottom of the photo. Additionally,
because I can't just ignore it, I collected around 3 bags full of plastic
garbage, including three lighters. 
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