{"id":4006,"date":"2019-05-20T06:25:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T13:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookforwardconsulting.com\/?p=4006"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:15:27","slug":"an-ocean-of-plastic-frameworksforsocialgood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thescrumacademy.com\/es\/2019\/05\/20\/an-ocean-of-plastic-frameworksforsocialgood\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ocean of Plastic – #FrameworksForSocialGood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"On March 18th, the body of a curvier beaked whale was retrieved from Davao Bay in the Philippines<\/a>. The cause of death – starvation and dehydration as a result of ingesting ninety pounds of nylon rope, plastic bags, and other plastic objects found stuffed in the animal\u2019s stomach!<\/p>\n

A month later and a half a world away, a pregnant sperm whale was found dead off the coast of Sardinia. In this poor animal, marine biologist retrieved nearly fifty pounds of routine plastic products – fishing nets, fishing lines, flip flops and plastic bag, pipes, plates and drinking cups!<\/p>\n

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“These tragic stories are not isolated or freak occurrences but a series of troubling statistics that point\u00a0towards growing global problem – our oceans are becoming clogged with plastic detritus and debris.” said Carlton Nettleton<\/a>, Chief Product Owner at Applied Frameworks<\/a> and co-creator of CSP Fast Pass. \u00a0“Something needs to be done about this complex global problem because the status quo is untenable. \u00a0If we do nothing, and continue along our current (mis)use of plastic, the oceans are going to become a plastic soup<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Since 1997, when the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was first discovered in the North Pacific gyre, our awareness of the amount of plastic clogging our oceans, and its impact to marine life, has grown. \u00a0Here are some data points meant to shock you about the severity of the problem:<\/p>\n