WHY IS PLASTIC IN THE OCEANS A PROBLEM?
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Plastic debris has been found floating on the sea surface, washing up on the most remote coastlines, melting out of Arctic sea ice, and sitting at the deepest point of the ocean floor. It’s everywhere.
As plastics continue to flood into our oceans, the list of marine species affected by plastic debris expands. Tens of thousands of individual marine organisms have been observed suffering from entanglement or ingestion of plastics permeating the marine environment—from zooplankton and fish, to sea turtles, marine mammals and seabirds- experts predict that 99% of seabird species will have ingested plastic by 2050, the result of which can be death.
When eaten by fish, some of the chemical-laden microplastics can work their way up the food chain and into the fish we eat. The impacts and consequences of plastic pollution are currently not well understood.