For more than 30 years bright orange 'Garfield' phones have been washing up on the French coast to the bemusement of local beach cleaners, who have finally cracked the mystery behind them.
Published Saturday, March 30, 2019 2:21PM EDT
"Our association has existed for 18 years and in that time we have found pieces of Garfield telephones almost each time we clean," said Claire Simonin, head of the beach cleaning group Ar Viltansou in Brittany. "We found this incredible fissure that is 30 metres deep and at the very bottom, there were the remains of a container."
"Plastic was designed not to break down and large items like these being hardly weathered after 30-40 years is a clear indication of this," she added. "Whereas plastic packaging is pervasive. You find it pretty much everywhere. On every beach, you'll find a bottle of shampoo, you'll find a packet of crisps, or you'll find a bottle of soda or whatever. That's what you see on beaches. That's what washes up."
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