Here are some of the marine species most deeply impacted by plastic pollution.
Plastic waste ocean animals.
Many plastic products are single use items that are designed to be thrown out like water bottles or take out containers.
Plastic pollution occured so rapidly that animals were unable to adjust their behaviour around this new material.
Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized into micro meso or macro debris based on size.
Along with turtles 700 other sea life species are dying including fish seabirds and marine mammals said david barritt of network for animals nfa.
Humans invented plastic and animals are harmed by it.
Like many other marine animals sea turtles mistake plastic waste for a viable food source sometimes.
Plastics are inexpensive and durable and as a result levels of plastic production by.
If this waste isn t properly disposed of or managed it can end up in the ocean.
They eat it they get caught in it or get sick because of it.
These are used and discarded quickly.
Unlike some other kinds of waste plastic doesn t decompose.
Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles e g.
Plastic bottles bags and microbeads in the earth s environment that adversely affects wildlife wildlife habitat and humans.