Did you know?
More than 8 million tons of plastic trash end up in the ocean every year, and an estimated 80% of the plastic trash in the ocean comes from people on land – carried out to the ocean by rivers, streams, and the wind.
Plastic that is floating in the ocean are “sponges” for concentrated toxins and it chokes and kills thousands of animals like sea turtles, whales, and sea birds – (becuase animals thinks its food)
Here are some heartbreaking photos that will inspire you to recycle!
A turtle that is stuck in a piece of plastic. Photo: Unknown
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A tortoise is trapped by a piece of plastic. Photo: Unknown
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A seal’s neck was sliced by trash. Photo credit: Ares Caius
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Seals caught in nets. Photos: Unknown
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Boy swims in polluted water in India. Photo credit: Green Atom
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This boy spends each morning looking for recyclable plastic to sell to help support his family. Photo credit: George Steinmetz
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Landscape full of trash in Bangladesh. Photo credit: Population Speak Out
Surfing on a wave full of trash off the coast of Java, Indonesia. Photo credit: Population Speak Out
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Alisson “the wild child” surfing in trash Photo: Unknown
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Penguins covered in oil. Photo credit: John Hrusa
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Dolphins swiming in plastc and caught in net. Photo: Unknown
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Seabirds caught in plastic and eating ciggarette butts, cuz they think its food. Photos: Unknown
Don’t you realize the massive global impact we human beings have on the global pollution?! Luckily, there are lots of people out there working to create a better world.
Join us or an organisation near you that do regualry clean ups. Or just go visit your favorite beach, river, lake?! Grab a few friends or family memebers make a picnic and bring some bags for the trash.
