Rubber Ducks Chicago River Pollution

60 000 rubber ducks spill into chicago river chiduckyderby duration.

Rubber ducks chicago river pollution.

A dump truck pours the bath toys into the river for the 12th annual rubber duck derby a chicago. Hundreds of people turned out to watch 60 000 rubb. The chicago ducky derby benefiting special olympics illinois will take place on august 9 2018. The fundraiser benefiting special olympics illinois.

Deliberate disposal of wastes at sea is called ocean dumping. If you peered into the chicago river on thursday you might have thought it had rained rubber duckies but it was actually chicago s 14th annual ducky derby. Thousands gathered to watch chicago s 14th annual ducky derby where over 63 000 rubber ducks splash down for a race down the chicago river. The day it s briefly filled with 60 000 rubber ducks.

The fastest winning ducks will win fantastic prizes for their duck adoptive parents. Here is a large dump truck jettisoning 57 000 rubber ducks into the chicago river. This video is full of ducks and it s all in support of the illinois special olympics. Chicago over 60 0000 rubber ducks dumped into the chicago river thursday afternoon raced for a good cause at the annual chicago ducky derby.

Today is a special day for the chicago river. Rubber duck racing seems to be on the verge of becoming a rage in connecticut but environmentalists are worried that some of the thousands of ducks that will be released will add to the plastic. Please enjoy 57 000 rubber ducks plummeting into the chicago river. As you watch these.

Marine debris also known as marine litter is human created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a sea or ocean floating oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the center of gyres and on coastlines frequently washing aground when it is known as beach litter or tidewrack. Pollution is good now.