If this waste isn t properly disposed of or managed it can end up in the ocean.
Plastic waste ocean animals.
Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles e g.
Like many other marine animals sea turtles mistake plastic waste for a viable food source sometimes.
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.
Plastic bottles bags and microbeads in the earth s environment that adversely affects wildlife wildlife habitat and humans.
Plastic pollution occured so rapidly that animals were unable to adjust their behaviour around this new material.
Here are some of the marine species most deeply impacted by plastic pollution.
Humans invented plastic and animals are harmed by it.
They eat it they get caught in it or get sick because of it.
Even the deepest sea creatures like whales can t escape plastic pollution.
Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized into micro meso or macro debris based on size.
These are used and discarded quickly.
Plastic has only been mass produced since the 1940s but it s having a devastating impact on our oceans.
Unlike some other kinds of waste plastic doesn t decompose.