Plastics In The Ocean

Every minute about a dump truck load of plastic goes into the oceans sullying beaches hurting.

Plastics in the ocean.

Answer the trivia question below and every day you do you ll help remove one piece of plastic from the ocean. We re on a mission to free the ocean of plastic pollution. About 8 million metric tons of plastic are thrown into the ocean annually of those 236 000 tons are microplastics tiny pieces of broken down plastic smaller than your little fingernail. Eduardo leal s plastic sea raises awareness about plastic pollution by focusing on hundreds of pieces of plastic that wash ashore at a remote beach in colombia.

And when animals ingest plastic it can cause life threatening problems including reduced fitness nutrient uptake and feeding efficiency all vital for survival. Plastic oceans international is a global non profit organization that addresses the issue plastic pollution and how it impacts our waters sea life and humans. Plastic has been found in more than 60 of all seabirds and in 100 of sea turtles species that mistake plastic for food. In your home your office your school and your ocean.

Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world s ocean surfaces. The collection of plastic and floating trash originates from the pacific rim including countries in asia north america and south america. Help make an impact today. There are five massive patches of plastic in the oceans around the world.

The great pacific garbage patch also described as the pacific trash vortex is a gyre of marine debris particles in the central north pacific ocean it is located roughly from 135 w to 155 w and 35 n to 42 n. The amount of plastic dumped into the ocean has been increasing according to a new study and the problem will probably get worse. Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. The problem of plastic in nature particularly in our oceans is a global crisis.