Uff…Where Has All the Plastic Gone?

Posted by: on March 22nd, 2011 | 6 Comments

The environmental damage caused by plastic bags is enormous. Plastic makes up 80% of the volume of litter on roads, parks, and beaches and makes up 90% of floating litter in the ocean (BEC). In every square mile of ocean there are over 46,000 pieces of plastic. This puts an enormous strain on the environment.

When plastic bags find their way into the ocean they kill endangered turtles. Plastic bags are injested by turtles who confuse them for jellyfish, their primary food source. The turtles then suffocate. Plastic bags wrap themselves around living coral and quickly kill them.Tiny flecks of floating plastic swim in a swath of seemingly pristine Atlantic Ocean at least two-thirds the size of the United States.

6 Responses

  1. Tom ~~ says:

    Good questions ! We are going with all that plastic ? Mad World !

    • Liza says:

      What’s it take to become a sublime exopunder of prose like yourself?

      • Keydren says:

        What an awesome way to explain this-now I know eveytrinhg!

        • Zerodour says:

          Hello Keydren,
          Thank you

          • Realarkan says:

            that: “According to the U.S . Coast Guard, recreational aetbors dump an average of more than one pound of trash into the ocean every time they go out. Trash is also dumped into the ocean by military, cruise and merchant ships. Merchant ships generate almost 90 percent of all wastes found in the world’s oceans. Every day, the world’s fleet discards 5.5 million containers, including plastics, into the sea. Not all marine debris is generated by boats and ships. Coastal sewage systems account for at least 1% of ocean debris.” I guess we should act on this before the marine life could get extinct and damage. We should also consider that by taking actions on this garbage issue, we are preserving our environment for future generation.

          • Zerodour says:

            Hi Realrkan, Some thing never change, haven’t they? We are just silent observers…

Leave a Reply

Before you submit enter the correct value *