To celebrate National Marine Week, Soakology has released Polluted Tourism, a series of emotive posters created to highlight the litter-strewn state of the seas.

Designer Courtney Hobbs was commissioned by the bathroom specialists to design the vintage-inspired travel posters for three threatened areas: Tregantle Cove, Henderson Island, and the Great Pacific garbage patch.

While they may seem idyllic at first glance, upon closer inspection the posters reveal how rubbish is harming marine habitats around the globe.

Earlier this year, Cornwall’s Tregantle Cove was overwhelmed with thousands of pieces of plastic, from a toilet seat to tiny “nurdles”. Nurdles are particularly dangerous, as they soak up chemical pollutants from their surroundings and release the toxins into the creatures that eat them.

Henderson Island, once a South Pacific paradise, has been littered with plastic over the last 23 years. Shockingly, the island rarely has human contact, showing just how far our rubbish reaches. Over 3,000 new pieces of litter wash up on its beaches daily. Over 3,000 new pieces of litter wash up on its beaches daily.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a vortex of marine debris swirling around the North Pacific Ocean. It was first identified in the 1980s and is estimated to cover over 700,000 square kilometres.

Experts have estimated more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050. It is hoped that the posters will help to raise awareness of the consequences of flushing non-degradable products down the toilets, as well as littering in general.

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