Artist Paul Jordan painted albatross ##es on Midway Island in Pacific . Records show that albatross chicks died or are poisoned by being fed plastic . Yet the impact of humans and increasing consumer waste from thousands of miles away continues to have a direct effect on the island 's wildlife , as photographic artist Chris Jordan discovered when he traveled there in September . Plastic waste spread across thousands of miles in North Pacific gyre .
Artist Paul Jordan painted albatross ##es on Midway Island in Pacific . Records show that albatross chicks died or are poisoned by being fed plastic . Plastic waste spread across thousands of miles in North Pacific gyre .