What is marine garbage?
Marine garbage refers to the persistent waste discharged into the ocean and treated artificially. Among them, plastic is the main type of garbage.
Harm of marine garbage?
1. causing water pollution: marine debris will worsen water quality and destroy marine ecology;
2. Endangering the life of marine organisms: garbage will entangle marine organisms or be swallowed by organisms by mistake, disrupting marine ecosystems;
3. Harmful to human health: microplastics containing toxins is ingested by marine organisms and swallowed by humans through the food chain;
4. Impact on navigation safety: Piles of waste plastics will entangle the propeller of the ship and cause accidents.
About how much garbage enters the ocean?
According to statistics, every minute, the total amount of garbage corresponding to 1 garbage truck is dumped into the ocean! If you don't act quickly! This number will become 4!
The little things you can do for the ocean!
1. Refuse to use 1 straws: 1 100 million straws are discarded every day in the world.
2. Refuse to use sunscreen that harms coral reefs:14,000 tons of sunscreen enter the world's oceans every year.
3. Reject disposable razors: In the United States alone, we discard more than 2 billion disposable razors every year.
4. Reject disposable plastic bags: The annual use of plastic bags in the world is as high as 5 trillion.
5. Choose reusable water cups: Every year, we use more than 500 billion plastic water cups.
6. Take a garbage bag with you when you play at the seaside: remember not to litter when you play at the seaside.
7. Share marine environmental protection knowledge: tell everyone about the current situation of the ocean and change the status quo together! Of course, apart from protecting marine ecology, garbage sorting is also a very important environmental protection matter!