Why We Need To Reduce Plastic Waste NOW

Plastic takes a minimum of 450 years to break down once it reaches the sea. Plastic, even if it's ground down into tiny pieces, doesn’t dissolve. The oceans are slowly being choked with it: there's an estimated 8 trillion kilograms of plastic that lands up there every year. By 2050, it's estimated that there will be more plastic in the sea than fish .
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