Worrying Statistics

As per the data that has been documented, every year over 8 million tons of plastic makes its way into the oceans all over the globe. 300 million tons of plastic waste is present in the seas and the experts have estimated that there will be more plastic in the seas than fish by 2150. Elena Polisano, Oceans Campaigner from the UK stated that “the seas contain about 51 trillion microplastic particles, which is 500 times more than the number of stars in our galaxy.” She continued “These pollutants are gravely harming over 600 species around the world, which will most probably lead to the sixth mass extinction on Earth if we don’t act fast.”