Plastic in the sea

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This needs to stop. Scientists estimate that there are 5.25 trillion bits of plastic debris in the oceans worldwide — that's more plastic pieces than stars in our galaxy! Awareness is the first step of change.

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UN declares ocean emergency About 8 million tons of plastic enters the ocean every year. This amount is enough to kill over a million seabirds and at least 100,000 marine mammals. If drastic measures are not taken, within 30 years the volume of microplastics in the ocean will reach a billion tons, which will exceed the total weight of the fish living in the ocean.

There are plenty of types of turtles out there to consider for a pet—approximately 270 to be exact, according to PetMD. Consider a smaller turtle that grows up to nine or twelve inches at most, like a painted turtle,

Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this film will look at plastic as if it is a treasured part of sea life, in a bid to bring awareness to plastic pollution.

To understand the horrors that the fishing industry is responsible for, here are 10 devastating videos of sea animals caught in fishing equipment.

Gloves (Tossa de Mar, Spain) Photo: Roger Millan