Facts 

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As daunting as this may seem for some, I find that having all of the facts laid out in front of me is sometimes an easier way for me to comprehend what I need to know. Hopefully these facts can help open your eyes to the problem surrounding us. It is important that if you are in the position to be able to make a positive difference, that you do. So, here are a few facts to encourage you to make an everyday change, a much needed everyday change. 

• Plastic is not biodegradable, marine creatures can consume plastic 

• Plastic netting can trap sea creatures

• Travels down the food chain when small creatures ingest it, and these creatures are then consumed by larger predators, so it is effectively poisoning the food chain, by spreading toxic chemicals to all marine life. 

• These toxins also have harmful effects on humans including birth defects and cancer in some case

• It has recently been discovered that when plastic is heated it can leach these harmful chemicals

• The size of the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ is 3 times the size of France.

• Only 9% of plastic is recycled each year.

• By 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish.

• 450 pieces of plastic were found in a single Laysan Albatross chick.

• It is estimated that there are 150 million tons of plastic in the ocean, with an additional 8 million tonnes being added each year. This is a faster rate than ever.

• If we lose all the ice in the world, sea levels will rise by 80m.