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Only 9% of all plastic produced is recycled
The average person eats 70,000 microplastics
Every day approximately 8 million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our ocean
12 million tones of plastic are poured into the ocean every year.
Scientists have recently discovered microplastics embedded deep in the Arctic ice.
Plastics consistently make up 80% of all marine debris studied.
100,000 marine mammals and turtles and 1 million sea birds are killed by marine plastic pollution annually.
Approx 5,000 items of marine plastic pollution have been found per mile of beach in the UK.
90% of plastic is produced from feedstock obtained from fossil oil and gas.
About 34% of dead leatherback sea turtle have ingested plastics
There were 1.9 million grocery bags and other plastic bags collected in the 2018 International Coastal Cleanup
500,000 single-use plastic straws are used every single day
Millions of tons of plastic end up in the ocean
Single-use plastic accounts for half of all plastic thrown away
10% of all the plastic that we use ends up in the ocean.