The World's Ocean are Filling Up with Waste Plastic
Oceans cover three quarters of the earth’s surface, contain 97 % of the earth’s water. Over three billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods. Unfortunately, no ocean on earth is unaffected by plastic pollution. The common problem caused by plastic pollution in the ocean which is many marine organisms can’t distinguish the plastic items from food. Animals who eat plastic often starve because they can’t digest the plastic and it fills their stomachs, preventing them from eating real food. According to several kinds of research, 44 % of seabirds, 43% of ocean mammals and 86% of sea turtles are ingest the plastic material. The United Nations Environment Program estimates there could be as many as 51 trillion microplastic particles in the oceans already. Plastic waste in the oceans comes from land, predominantly as a result of mismanaged waste disposal. The initial effort to reduce plastic pollution in the ocean should be focus on preve...