POWERFUL VIDEO: Why we need to stop plastic pollution in our oceans for good | Oceana

our oceans sustain life an abundant

ocean can feed a billion people a

healthy meal every day forever but now

they are being filled killed by

throwaway plastics the equivalent of one

garbage truck of plastic is dumped in

the sea every minute 17 point six

billion pounds every year plastic is

everywhere in our ocean floating on the

surface mixing in the saltwater and

sitting on the ocean bottom miles and

miles deep and once in the ocean it

never goes away over hundreds of years

it breaks down into small pieces but

those pieces even the tiny ones called

micro plastics are still plastic sea

turtles are choking on them scientists

say that over 60% of whale and dolphin

species are affected by it it's all

plankton the base of the ocean food

chain eat it and so do we

it's in the water we drink it's in our

food micro plastics have been found in

our salt our honey and our beer and

sometimes even in the air we breathe

companies are choosing to make something

that will be used just once from a

material that lasts forever if you don't

like what throwaway plastics are already

doing to our world brace yourself

we face a tsunami of throw away plastic

in our and the oceans future four times

more plastic will be produced between

now and the middle of the century than

has been produced in all of history four

times more what can we do

recycling of all the plastic ever

generated as of 2015 only 9% was

recycled even when it is recycled

plastic degrades your plastic soda

bottle maybe becomes a shampoo bottle

then a floor mat even in the best case

it doesn't recycle it down cyclists and

then it becomes pollution that ruins our

beaches and chokes sea animals forever

we should not be forced to pollute the

ocean every time we eat drink or go

shopping we need to be given a choice a

plastic free choice this is not hard to

imagine indeed some responsible

companies are already leading the way

there are throw away plastic free aisles

in supermarkets beverage companies

already offer plastic free soda and

salsa water restaurants offer plastic

free service there are plastic free

rooms and hotels an airline is now

offering a plastic free flight

and oceania and our allies are winning

plastic free victories following

campaigning by Oceania Peru passed the

law that keeps plastic out of national

parks and beaches

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Belize is getting rid of styrofoam

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and the European Union has mandated

reductions for throw away plastic

throughout its 28 member countries but

with your help

we can do the work together we can

create a movement to reduce throw away

plastic we can make sure we're all given

real plastic free choices we can help

our cities towns schools and workplaces

establish zones that are free of throw

away plastic

let's stop plastic pollution from

wrecking our beaches and our oceans and

to have healthy oceans that delight the

sustained ease for generations to come

please join our campaign go to Oceana

org slash plastics today