Will Coldplay Save our Oceans?

This week I read about the band Coldplay getting involved in ocean cleanup efforts which is great. It dawned on me that you could tell me any group of men is the band Coldplay and I would believe you. I feel this way about Imagine Dragons, as well. 

The Ocean Cleanup is a philanthropic effort to clean oceans and waterways using technology that they develop themselves. They’re super reputable as they partner with major companies such as Deloitte (don’t ask me what Deloitte does I have no idea and I’m convinced nobody knows what Deloitte does) and Coca-Cola. 

One thing that’s haunted me since I was a child is the trash island in the Ocean. Apparently it’s about the size of Texas and as a person who has driven across Texas before, I’m scared. I’m also just a girl. But the amount of oceanic pollution haunts me and I’ve woken up in a cold sweat about it more times than I’d like to admit. It’s sickening and not in a cool way. 

Anyways, yes Coldpay is partnering with The Ocean Cleanup by using the plastic waste intercepted in Guatemala rivers (which flow back into the ocean) to create limited edition pressed vinyls. My question is how limited they can be with the amount of plastic they’re intercepting. I would think the production wouldn’t stop because of the amount of plastic there is but I guess the market for Coldplay vinyls isn’t as booming as one might think. I also am unaware of Coldplay’s budget for production. 

This is a really great side quest, though and if more artists did this it could create a real impact. People still love vinyl records. A perfect candidate in my opinion for this is One Direction. In case you didn’t know, One Direction Day was earlier this week and they didn’t even acknowledge it. Simon Cowell, who formed the boyband on the X Factor UK recently said in an interview that Harry, Liam, Niall, Louis, and Zayn are the owners of the likeness and name on the band and he wishes he had kept it so he could keep exploiting them for money. 

One Direction ceased making music right before vinyl records came back into popularity, so if they joined forces one more time to create vinyl records of one or more of their albums I know the girls would make that purchase so fast. The market for 1D is large enough that they’d use a ton of intercepted plastic and would reach sales goals to make a serious impact on the project. 

I digress. Coldplay has the opportunity to make a real dent in the ocean cleanup effort and I applaud the group for partnering with such a notable brand with an immeasurably valuable cause.

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