07/04/2021
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Shocking Ocean Pollution Statistics
Shocking Ocean Pollution Statistics
100 million marine animals die each year from plastic waste alone.
100,000 marine animals die from getting entangled in plastic yearly – this is just the creatures we find!
1 in 3 marine mammal species get found entangled in litter, 12-14,000 tons of plastic are ingested by North Pacific fish yearly.
In the past 10 years, we’ve made more plastic than the last century. By 2050, the pollution of fish will be outnumbered by our dumped plastic.
The largest trash site on the planet is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, twice the surface area of Texas, it outnumbers sea life there 6 to 1.
China is ranked #1 for mismanaged waste and plastics. However, the US is in the top 20 with a more significant waste per person contributions.
300 Million tons of plastic gets created yearly, and this weighs the same as the entire human population, and 50% is single-use only.
There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic waste estimated to be in our oceans. 269,000 tons float, 4 billion microfibers per km² dwell below the surface.
70% of our debris sinks into the ocean's ecosystem, 15% floats, and 15% lands on our beaches.
In terms of plastic, 8.3 million tons are discarded in the sea yearly. Of which, 236,000 are ingestible microplastics that marine creatures mistake for food.
Plastics take 500-1000 years to degrade; currently 79% is sent to landfills or the ocean, while only 9% is recycled, and 12% gets incinerated.
1950-1998 over 100 nuclear blast tests occurred in our oceans.
500 marine locations are now recorded as dead zones globally, currently the size of the United Kingdom’s surface (245,000 km²).
80% of global marine pollution comes from agriculture runoff, untreated sewage, discharge of nutrients and pesticides.
90% of the worldwide ocean debris comes from 10 rivers alone.
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Full article:
https://www.condorferries.co.uk/marine-ocean-pollution-statistics-facts#:~:text=There%20are%205.25%20trillion%20pieces,discarded%20in%20the%20sea%20yearly.
100 million marine animals die each year from plastic waste alone.
100,000 marine animals die from getting entangled in plastic yearly – this is just the creatures we find!
1 in 3 marine mammal species get found entangled in litter, 12-14,000 tons of plastic are ingested by North Pacific fish yearly.
In the past 10 years, we’ve made more plastic than the last century. By 2050, the pollution of fish will be outnumbered by our dumped plastic.
The largest trash site on the planet is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, twice the surface area of Texas, it outnumbers sea life there 6 to 1.
China is ranked #1 for mismanaged waste and plastics. However, the US is in the top 20 with a more significant waste per person contributions.
300 Million tons of plastic gets created yearly, and this weighs the same as the entire human population, and 50% is single-use only.
There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic waste estimated to be in our oceans. 269,000 tons float, 4 billion microfibers per km² dwell below the surface.
70% of our debris sinks into the ocean's ecosystem, 15% floats, and 15% lands on our beaches.
In terms of plastic, 8.3 million tons are discarded in the sea yearly. Of which, 236,000 are ingestible microplastics that marine creatures mistake for food.
Plastics take 500-1000 years to degrade; currently 79% is sent to landfills or the ocean, while only 9% is recycled, and 12% gets incinerated.
1950-1998 over 100 nuclear blast tests occurred in our oceans.
500 marine locations are now recorded as dead zones globally, currently the size of the United Kingdom’s surface (245,000 km²).
80% of global marine pollution comes from agriculture runoff, untreated sewage, discharge of nutrients and pesticides.
90% of the worldwide ocean debris comes from 10 rivers alone.
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Full article:
https://www.condorferries.co.uk/marine-ocean-pollution-statistics-facts#:~:text=There%20are%205.25%20trillion%20pieces,discarded%20in%20the%20sea%20yearly.
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