has taken between 2022 and 2002 to produce as much plastic, as in the entire 20th century. Currently, as much as about two truckloads of plastic enter the oceans every minute.
takes a plastic bottle to dissolve in the ocean. But then the plastic is not gone, but it's broken down into microplastic particles that marine life ingests
the size of Germany is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the largest garbage island floating in the ocean, located between North America and Asia.
plastic waste enters the world's oceans every year. For comparison, scientists say the city of Berlin weighs about two million tons - not including its inhabitants.
is the size of the world's largest garbage island in the Ocean. That's five times the size of Germany.
land in our oceans every day.
a plastic bottle floats in the sea.
are consumed per year in Germany.
needs a plastic bag to get into the sea too decompose. It then swims in the sea as microplastics and gets into the organisms of sea creatures.
Plastic are made every year.
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