There truly is no Earthly escape from the waste we have unleashed into the environment. Henderson Island in the South Pacific has been found to host hundreds of pieces of plastic per square meter of beach, with even more items buried in the sand.
World heritage site Henderson Island is among the most remote places on Earth. Although Polynesians once occupied the island, it has been uninhabited for at least 600 years. Moreover, the nearest inhabited island is Pitcairn, 193 kilometers (120 miles) away with a population of just 56. When it comes to major population centers Henderson is more than 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) from New Zealand, and South America is even further.
