Why we should say no to Plastic

 New, shocking plastic-pollution facts are discovered every week. Whales and deer have been found dead from ingesting it. But it’s not only them. Birds, smaller marine mammals, and even humans have plastic inside their bodies. We are only now coming to the realization of just how huge a problem plastic pollution is.

• Plastic may take 1000 years to degrade. But it could be much longer. We do know that it can break into tiny microplastic pieces that enter the food chain.
• Up to 12.7 Million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean each year (equivalent weight of 12 Million Elephants)
• There will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050 (This is based on total weight and fish stocks as per 2015 levels)
• 88–95% of this plastic entering the ocean comes from just 10 rivers around the world
• These huge volumes of plastic are accumulating with conjoining ocean currents to form floating “plastic patches”. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest one, being roughly three times the size of France.