• The Problem of Marine Plastic Pollution🔍
• Plastic pollution🔍
• Ocean pollution and marine debris🔍
• Our Ocean Is Choking on Plastic—But It's a Problem We Can Solve🔍
• Ocean plastic pollution an overview🔍
• Ocean Plastics Pollution🔍
• Plastic pollution in the marine environment🔍
• Ocean Plastic Pollution Explained🔍

The Problem of Marine Plastic Pollution | Clean Water Action

In the ocean, plastic debris injures and kills fish, seabirds and marine mammals. Marine plastic pollution has impacted at least 267 species worldwide, ...

Plastic pollution - resource - IUCN.org

In the marine environment, plastic pollution originates primarily from land runoff, but includes paint shed from shipping, discarded fishing gear, and more.

Ocean pollution and marine debris

Heavy metals and other contaminants can accumulate in seafood, making it harmful for humans to consume. Microplastics can be ingested by fish ...

Our Ocean Is Choking on Plastic—But It's a Problem We Can Solve

Some 11 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean every year, the equivalent of a garbage truck full of plastic every minute. A 2020 Pew- ...

Ocean plastic pollution an overview: data and statistics

In this article, we will look at ocean plastic pollution and lay out the data and statistics you need to understand the daunting issue we are facing.

Ocean Plastics Pollution - Center for Biological Diversity

Plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife.

Plastic pollution in the marine environment - ScienceDirect.com

Plastic debris over the surface of seawater reduces the light penetration capacity and Dissolved Oxygen (DO) level in habitats; accordingly, changes of ...

Ocean Plastic Pollution Explained | The Ocean Cleanup

Plastic leaks into the ocean from thousands of sources all over the world every day. Increasing consumption combined with improper waste management in many ...

From Plastic to Marine Pollution | CMEMS

As plastics debris mostly drift with the ocean surface currents, they accumulate at the centre of these gyres. High concentrations of floating plastic debris ...

Plastic Pollution & Marine Litter | UNEP - UN Environment Programme

Plastic Pollution & Marine Litter · Every year 19-23 million tonnes of plastic waste leaks into aquatic ecosystems, polluting lakes, rivers and seas.

7 Solutions to Ocean Plastic Pollution - Oceanic Society

This article covers some of the basic facts about ocean plastic pollution and provides several specific plastic pollution solutions that everyone can take part ...

How does plastic pollution affect marine life? | Fauna & Flora

Plastic can affect marine species in a variety of ways, from entanglement and injury to ingestion and toxic contamination.

Plastic pollution in the marine environment - PMC - PubMed Central

Plastic pollution is recognized as a severe anthropogenic issue in the coastal and marine ecosystems across the world.

Plastic pollution: facts & figures - Surfers Against Sewage

Plastic pollution in numbers · 8 million pieces of plastic pollution make their way into the ocean every day. · 12 million tonnes of plastic is dumped into the ...

What is the effect of ocean plastics on marine life? - rePurpose Global

A study from Plymouth University confirms that plastic pollution affects at least 700 marine species. Of this alarming number, an estimated 100 million marine ...

Plastic pollution | What you can do - Monterey Bay Aquarium

Recycle properly · Recycling is an important part of the solution to ocean plastic pollution. After doing everything we can to reduce our use of single-use ...

Marine plastic pollution - Wikipedia

Eighty percent of marine debris is plastic. ... Microplastics and nanoplastics result from the breakdown or photodegradation of plastic waste in surface waters, ...

Plastic pollution facts and information - National Geographic

Every year, about eight million tons of plastic waste escapes into the oceans from coastal nations. That's the equivalent of setting five ...

Plastic in our oceans is killing marine mammals | WWF Australia

While it's difficult to know exactly how many marine animals are killed by plastic pollution, it's been estimated that plastic pollution kills ...

A Guide to Plastic in the Ocean

As the plastic is tossed around, much of it breaks into tiny pieces, called microplastics. Image of a fishing net that has become marine debris bundled up on a ...