Reporter Films Ship Dropping Tires Into the Ocean, Then Learns the Reason Behind It

Where they came from

“That’s been showing up for months,” he said. “Not just pieces. Whole tires. Hundreds of them out past the point. We pull them up in our nets when we’re trying to fish.”

“We find them on the seafloor when we dive. And every week there are more of them.” He paused and looked down the dock again. “They’re coming from a ship.”