According to estimates, there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. plastic ocean marinelife internationalcoastalcleanup
The two of them reached out to other ocean-lovers and organised a Clean-up for Ocean Conservancy.”
Living in Durban, I have been involved in several beach clean-ups, some small and some big. The most common types of litter we find on our beaches include cigarette butts, food wrappers, plastic straws, plastic bottle caps, and plastic beverage bottles, polystyrene and the odd tyre or two. Plastics are especially harmful as they are non-biodegradable.
According to a Consumer Report article titled “How to Eat Less Plastic”, references “a preliminary estimate by some scientists that the plastic the average person may be eating and drinking totals as much as 5 grams per week.” “Nano plastics can easily cross all kinds of barriers, whether it’s the blood-brain barrier or the placental barrier, and get into our tissues,” Birnbaum has said. Breathing in nano plastics might introduce them into our cardiovascular system and bloodstream, for example.
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