Plastics are inexpensive and durable and as a result levels of plastic production by.
Plastic waste ocean animals.
Plastic has only been mass produced since the 1940s but it s having a devastating impact on our oceans.
Here are some of the marine species most deeply impacted by plastic pollution.
Humans invented plastic and animals are harmed by it.
They eat it they get caught in it or get sick because of it.
These are used and discarded quickly.
Many plastic products are single use items that are designed to be thrown out like water bottles or take out containers.
Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles e g.
Along with turtles 700 other sea life species are dying including fish seabirds and marine mammals said david barritt of network for animals nfa.
Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized into micro meso or macro debris based on size.
For animals plastic is turning the ocean into a minefield from getting stuck in nets to eating plastic that they think is food creatures worldwide are dying from material we made.
Like many other marine animals sea turtles mistake plastic waste for a viable food source sometimes.
Unlike some other kinds of waste plastic doesn t decompose.
Even the deepest sea creatures like whales can t escape plastic pollution.