By Victoria Gill
Science correspondent, BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62407026
- Published2 days ago
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Birds from every continent except Antarctica have been photographed nesting or tangled in our rubbish.
Photos were submitted by people from all over the world to an online project calledBirds and Debris.
The scientists running the project say they see birds ensnared – or nesting – in everything from rope and fishing line to balloon ribbon and a flip-flop.
Nearly a quarter of the photographs show birds nesting or entangled in disposable face masks.
The focus of the project is on capturing the impact of waste – particularly plastic pollution – on the avian world.
“Basically, if a bird builds a nest using long fibrous materials…
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Exposing the Big Game 
I don’t understand why we can’t properly dispose of trash. But what pisses me off most of all about it lately is those masks that people feel free to just throw on the ground. How difficult is it to put it in a trash container, or throw it away at home? I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume maybe they are just absent minded?
You’re too kind.