Environment & Climate

Plastic Waste in the Ocean

A report on how plastic reaches the ocean, what it does to marine life, and what is being done about it.

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1Every year, millions of tonnes of plastic waste flow from rivers into the sea.

2A plastic bottle can drift in the ocean for hundreds of years without breaking down.

3Instead, the sunlight and the waves slowly tear it into tiny pieces called microplastics.

4These particles are now found in fish, in salt, and even in drinking water.

5Sea turtles often mistake floating plastic bags for jellyfish and swallow them whole.

6On some remote beaches, the sand is hidden beneath a thick carpet of plastic bottles.

7Volunteers collect tonnes of rubbish every weekend, but more arrives with every tide.

8Scientists are testing boats that skim plastic from the surface of the water.

9Some countries have banned plastic bags completely, and many others tax them heavily.

10The real solution, however, is to produce and throw away far less plastic.

11Every single person who refuses a plastic straw becomes part of that change.

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