Plastic Oceans
Plastics are everywhere you look and everything you touch. Our oceans are full of plastic and other wastes. The world dumps about 8 million tons of plastic into our oceans every year and it is destroying the ecosystems in which marine animals live. Sea life often mistakes the plastic for food and consumes it but is unable to digest what they have consumed. Other animals are often found tangled in the waste unable to free themselves. This leads to millions animals deaths every year, decreasing species abilities to survive and/or reproduce to maintain a balanced ecosystem. I’m sure we’ve all seen the photos of sea life with plastic around their necks or straws in their noses and animals that have been operated on to remove the plastic from their stomachs. Those pictures are incredibly sad and real at the same time. There is so much plastic in our oceans that in a few years if we don’t do something, there will be an estimated 3 pounds of fish to every 1 pound of plastic that occupy our oceans. Since this is a man-made problem, mankind needs to fix it. We can all do small things that have a great impact. Instead of throwing away the plastic rings around your soda cans toss them in the recycle 3 inches to your right, and when you’re done with the soda toss those in the recycle too. The more popular trends in reusable water bottles like Hydro flask’s and metal straws help make a difference as well. The little things will add up, but that’s only the start, mankind needs to make a change and reduce the use of plastics and clean up the mess we’ve made.
Article: https://oceanconservancy.org/trash-free-seas/plastics-in-the-ocean/
Article: https://oceanconservancy.org/trash-free-seas/plastics-in-the-ocean/
Yes, our responsibility to fix this. No easy path yet. Did this article talk about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
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