00:01Vintage plastic bottles from Canada have washed ashore on a beach in Scotland's Orkney Archipelago.
00:07The bottles date back to the 1960s and 1970s and appear to have originated from Newfoundland and Labrador.
00:14They were found by members of the Sanday Community Craft Hub, which organizes local beach cleanups.
00:20It's been a particularly bad year for plastic trash along Orkney's shores.
00:25A report by the BBC says the increase in trash is likely due to a period of unusually strong southeasterly
00:32winds,
00:32powerful enough to drag up plastic that has been floating in the ocean for decades.
00:38The Marine Conservation Society told the publication that it's not uncommon for decades-old trash to wash ashore due to
00:45seasonal storms.
00:47Coastal landfills are also responsible. As they erode, they often release retro bottles into the oceans.
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