HOW MUCH PLASTIC ENDS UP IN THE OCEAN?
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Globally, an estimated 8 million metric tons of plastics enter the ocean every year. This is roughly equivalent to dumping a garbage truck full of plastic into the oceans every minute. Estimations on how much plastic reaches the oceans in the European Union generally vary. A rough estimation says around 8 million metric tons globally, meaning somewhere in the rage of 150.000 tons per year.
While plastic litter swimming on the surface, for example in the so called “great garbage patches”, is the most noticeable proof for plastic pollution of the oceans, about 94% of plastics already in the oceans are found on the seafloor.