Florida residents are furious: vacationers dump garbage into the ocean (4 photos + 1 video)
Category: Terrible (all news), News from the world
14 May 2024
In Florida, USA, a tipsy party threw the contents of two garbage cans off a boat. Partygoers were likely among the 10,000 people attending the annual Boca Bash festival. 
Disconcerting footage shows holidaymakers throwing rubbish from their boat into the ocean. 
“It’s infuriating when you see someone polluting the ocean like that,” complained local resident Rodrigo Samsing. “And no one around them tried to stop them. Everyone was just celebrating.”
"They could have put the trash in a bag and then thrown it away on land. Instead, they thoughtlessly disposed of it in the ocean. It's very sad to see," he added.
Representatives of the Boca Bash festival called this behavior “completely unacceptable” and said that the offenders had been identified.
Local police and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have launched an investigation into the dumping.
Event organizers added: "It is irresponsible boaters like these who have zero regard for our oceans that are damaging our reputation."
