THIS IS CALLED THE HUGE GARBAGE PATCH :
THE PLASTIC IS CARRIED BY CURRENTS AND CONGREGATED IN FIVE REVOLVING WATER SYSTEMS .
SOMETIMES IT´S CALLED THE PLASTIC SOUP .
PLASTIC DOES NOT STAY IN ONE SPOT , IT ROTATES .
IT STRETCHES MILLIONS OF SQUARE KILOMETRES AND IF YOU WANTED TO CLEAN IT UP IT WOULD TAKE THOUSAND OF YEARS AND IT WOULD BE VERY COSTLY.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PLASTIC OBJECTS YOU CAN FIND IN AN ALBATROSS CHICK CARCASS INCLUDING
A FISHING TACKLE
ITEMS OF PERSONAL HYGIENE
AMAZING , ISN´T IT ?
THIS IS A PICTURE OF BOYAN SLAT, A DUTCH TEENAGER WHO MADE AN AMAZING DISCOVERY
THERE WAS MORE PLASTIC IN THE SEA THAN FISH AND HE HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT .
SOMEONE SAID TO HIM : "THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT PLASTIC ONCE IT GETS INTO THE OCEAN "
Annual consumption of plastic bottles is set to top half a trillion by 2021, far outstripping recycling efforts and jeopardising oceans, coastlines and other environments Annual consumption of plastic bottles is set to top half a trillion by 2021, far outstripping recycling efforts and jeopardising oceans, coastlines and other environments
Caption: : PLASTIC JETSAM SPREADS ACROSS THE OCEAN
Another study of remote Arctic beaches found they were also heavily polluted with plastic, despite small local populations. And earlier this week scientists warned that plastic bottles and other packaging are overrunning some of the UK’s most beautiful beaches and remote coastline, endangering wildlife from basking sharks to puffins.
The majority of plastic bottles used across the globe are for drinking water,