Humans invented plastic and animals are harmed by it.
Plastic waste ocean animals.
Like many other marine animals sea turtles mistake plastic waste for a viable food source sometimes.
Here are some of the marine species most deeply impacted by plastic pollution.
Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles e g.
If this waste isn t properly disposed of or managed it can end up in the ocean.
Plastic bottles bags and microbeads in the earth s environment that adversely affects wildlife wildlife habitat and humans.
Plastic has only been mass produced since the 1940s but it s having a devastating impact on our oceans.
Many plastic products are single use items that are designed to be thrown out like water bottles or take out containers.
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.
They eat it they get caught in it or get sick because of it.
Plastics are inexpensive and durable and as a result levels of plastic production by.
Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized into micro meso or macro debris based on size.
Unlike some other kinds of waste plastic doesn t decompose.
Even the deepest sea creatures like whales can t escape plastic pollution.