PLASTIC POLLUTION IS RISING DRAMATICALLY
The World Wildlife Fund warns of the dangers posed by plastics to people, the environment and the diversity of life on earth.
Each year millions of birds, fish and mammals are dying because of plastic we have dumped into the oceans. Much of this plastic waste is unnecessary and comes from over packaging of products, rather than the useful preservation of food and drink.
There are many alternatives to plastic and we simply don’t need that much packaging. This is not just down to companies, we as buyers bear a responsibility and should try to influence businesses with our purchases.
Businesses, governments and individuals have a collective responsibility to lead the solution, as with the raised awareness with plastic bags, we need to now consider all uses of plastics that pollute our environment.
THE FIGURES MAKE SOBER READING
Eight million tonnes of plastics is dumped in the ocean every year. It’s estimated that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish (by weight).
Worldwide plastics production has increased twentyfold since 1964, reaching 311m tonnes in 2014. Over the next 30 years, annual production of plastic is predicted to soar to 1.8 billion tonnes - the same weight as almost 250,000 Eiffel Towers.
Plastic has been found across our oceans from the Artic to some of the deepest reaches of our seas, 11km below the surface.
There was a 43% increase in the number of
bottles washing up on UK beaches in 2015 in comparison to 2014.
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Each year millions of birds, fish and mammals are dying because of plastic we have dumped into the oceans. It’s been shown to affect polar bears’ ability to reproduce.
Every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks in the North Pacific starve, choke or are poisoned to death because of plastics.
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