Escaping Lanterns? Not On Our Watch

Flickr: MJTR ('･ω･)

In what has become a touching annual Memorial Day tradition, thousands of people went to Ala Moana Beach Park on Monday to witness 2,000 floating lanterns being pushed out to sea as a symbol of the souls of the departed.

But what happens to the lanterns after they leave the shore? On twitter, @aloha_erica and @pamchun asked my colleague Noelle Chun to dig into it, and Noelle passed it along to me.

As your land and environment reporter-host, I'm happy to report that the event's organizers go to great lengths to ensure that the lanterns don't get far and don't have a chance to contribute to the epidemic of marine debris.

Loading