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Plastic Bags In The Ocean. There are also garbage patches in the Indian and Atlantic ocean. There are believed to be 46000 pieces of plastic in every square mile of ocean. Thats the weight of nearly 90 aircraft carriers and the problem continues to grow. Many of the plastic bags are also driven by ocean currents as part of the debris that is accumulating in many oceans of the world.
In landfills in the streets in the ocean. There are also garbage patches in the Indian and Atlantic ocean. Plastic bags in our oceans are a source of dioxin and other pollutants that are changing marine habitats and polluting our food chain. If your city is like mine Los Angeles you see them on the streets every day. Plastic bags and flexible packaging are the deadliest plastic items in the ocean killing wildlife including whales dolphins turtles and seabirds around the globe according to a review of. In fact loggerheads ate plastic 17 of the time they encountered it likely mistaking it for jellyfish.
At least 8 million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year.
Just think about all the plastic items you use daily. Plastic is cheap lightweight strong and malleable. A monk seal Monachus monachus with a plastic water bottle. Over 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year half of which is used to design single-use items such as shopping bags cups and straws. There is a huge amount of plastic trash floating in the ocean which endangers wildlife that eats or gets tangled in it. At least 267 different species have been affected by plastic pollution in the ocean.