REPORT / INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Eight million metric tons of plastic waste enter the oceans every year. This equates to one garbage truck?s worth of plastic being dumped into our oceans every minute. The total weight is the equivalent of 90 aircraft carriers.

This is tragic for many reasons. Whales, fish, seabirds, turtles and many other animals are eating the plastic and dying en masse. There are many studies in process exploring the relationship between human health problems and consuming fish that that contain microplastics (bottles and other single-use items that have broken down). Oceanic ecosystems around the world have been ravaged by plastic waste.

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