​A study in plastic collected on the scenic tourist beaches of the Caribbean Sea, Mayan Riviera, Quintana Roo, Mexico, near the fishing town of Puerto Morelos on December 28, 2012. Plastic and trash in the Oceans is a serious and growing problem, as the material never fully degrades and breaks down, but weathers in to smaller and smaller pieces, eventually joining the food web at the molecular level. Every piece of plastic created since the 1930s remains on earth in its unnatural form today. The first part of the series was made on December 29th, 2012, on the roof of a casita in Puerto Morelos. The plastic featured in the series was collected in about 45 minutes on a 1/2 mile stretch of beach. The remainder were photographed in situ on another short walk on the same stretch of  beach in 2008.