08/06/2018
7 June 2018 (UN Environment)* — From the icy splendour of the Arcticto theinky depths of the Mariana ocean trench, plastic waste is threatening our seas, killing our wildlife and polluting our food chain.
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The facts are undeniable: each year more than 8 million tonnes of plastic enter our oceans. According to one estimate, 99 per cent of seabirds will have ingested plastic by the middle of this century.
It is a sobering picture, but working together we can change this narrative.
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08/06/2018
7 June 2018 — An underwater photographer’s chance encounter with a starving turtle led to a personal “awakening” about the dangers discarded plastic poses to sea life in the world’s oceans.
Saeed Rashid | Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans is threatening marine life. | Photo from UN News Centre
In November 2017, Saeed Rashid from the United Kingdom was taking photos during a dive on a reef in the Egyptian Red Sea when he came across a female hawksbill turtle that had swallowed a plastic bag and was, as a result, unable to eat.
The turtle probably mistook the floating plastic bag for a jellyfish which hawksbills typically eat.
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