https://virginpure.com/a-plastic-soup-researchers-reveal-the-true-scope-of-plastics-in-our-oceans/
Bryce’s ocean pollution image accompanies this story – Virgin Pure showcases a new study on plastics in our oceans. Marcus Eriksen from Five Gyres and others have mapped the true extent of plastic pollution in our oceans for the first time. 5 main points from the study (which can be read here @ PLOS ONE):
- There are more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic in the ocean
- Plastic pollution weighs more than every human combined
- Plastics infect the food chain – all the way to our plates
- Plastic collects in gyres and turns our oceans into plastic soups
- Only 5% of plastic is recycled
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