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THE FACTS
Here are some facts about plastic pollution.
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Only 9% of plastic has been recycled, 12% has been burned, and the other 79% ends up in our environment of in landfills.
Approximately one truckload of plastic enters the ocean each minute.
Even crustaceans in the Mariana Trench have ingested some sort of plastic.
73% of worldwide beach litter is plastic.
A million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute.
Approximately 2 million plastic bags are used per minute.
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The average person eats about 70,000 micro-plastics each year.
It took humans 55 years to wipe out 90% of ocean predators. This has caused a major disruption in the marine ecosystem.
Of the 260 million tons of plastic produced each year 10% ends up in the ocean. That's 26,000,000 tons of plastic.
Approximately 100 million ocean animals die from plastic pollution each year.
The 5 top countries in plastic waste are:
China
United States
Germany
BrazilÂ
Japan
80% of the plastic pollution in the ocean enters from land.
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