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Plastic on the beaches.
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“The numbers are staggering of how much plastic goes into the ocean every minute, every hour, every day—of how many particles are actually in the ocean right now, in the marine ecosystem, in the food webs and passing to higher-level organisms like sharks and tunas and sea birds, and that ultimately interacts with our food web, because. Billions of tons of plastic have been made over the past decades, and much of it is becoming trash and litter, finds the first analysis of the issue. One study found that, for the first five years after entering the ocean from land, 77 percent of plastic remained on beaches or floated in coastal waters.
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Aug 23, 2017 · These plastic items can be carried by wind and rain into our drainage networks or rivers that then flow into the sea. The amount of plastic trash that flows into the oceans every year is expected to nearly triple by 2040 to 29 million metric tons. .
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Up to 12 million metric tons: That’s how much plastic we dump into the oceans each year. .
Dec 20, 2018 · A whopping 91% of plastic isn't recycled.
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I can’t speak for others but in our case, we decided to throw an entire truckload of plastic into the ocean after we learned about this shocking statistic: ” Every 60 seconds, the equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters the ocean. Most of this plastic pollution. Adding together all 192 countries in the world with a significant coastal population, the researchers report online today in Science that about 4 million to 12 million metric tons of plastic washed offshore in 2010 alone, or about 1.
One study found that, for the first five years after entering the ocean from land, 77 percent of plastic remained on beaches or floated in coastal waters. 7 million metric tons of plastic per year make their way into the oceans via people living within 30. Billions of tons of plastic have been made over the past decades, and much of it is becoming trash and litter, finds the first analysis of the issue. 5% to 4. .
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