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• Marine plastic pollution has affected 100% of marine turtles, 59% of whales, 36% of seals and 40% of seabirds of those examined.
• Over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals are killed by ocean plastic every year.
• 700 species of marine animals are in danger of extinction due to plastic.
• The population of tuna has declined by 74% since 1970, and 1 in 4 shark species is threatened with extinction.
• 1 in 3 marine animals have been found tangled in plastic.
• Over 90% of all seabirds have plastic in their stomachs.
• Sea turtles by-caught in fisheries operating within and around the patch can have up to 74% (by dry weight) of their diets composed of ocean plastics.
• 705,000 tonnes of discarded fishing nets drown mammals including seals – this is known as ‘ghost fishing’.
• More than two-thirds of the world’s fish stocks are suffering from plastic ingestion.
• If coral encounters plastic the likelihood of it becoming diseased increases from 4% to 89%; a disastrous effect as coral is home to more than 25% of marine life.

How many animals die from ocean plastic pollution? While the true figure may not be known, we can estimate over 100,000 marine mammals and over 1 million seabirds are killed by ocean plastic every year. Along with this, 100% of baby sea turtles have plastics in their stomachs. With so many animals mistaking plastic items and particles for food, or becoming entangled, the impact of plastic waste on marine life has become a global crisis.

Animals consuming plastic can starve to death as the plastic fills their stomach preventing them from eating proper food, rupturing their organs or blocking food from traveling to the intestine. In one case in the Philippines a curvier beaker whale was found vomiting blood with over 88 pounds of plastic in its belly. Its body started to destroy itself from the inside due to the plastic waste.

Plastic pollution facts show it is ridding the world of marine species, with over 700 on the edge of extinction, including Hawaiian monk seals and loggerhead sea turtles. Along with larger mammals even the tiniest organisms can be impacted by toxic microplastics which in turn make their way up the food chain.

It’s time to use compostable cutlery instead of conventional plastic cutlery, for ourselves and our generations.

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