If you’re like us, you don’t want to see an ocean swimming with plastics. It can increase economic and job growth, make us healthier and reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses. Getting waste management right improves more than ocean health.
Plastic production is expected to double over the next ten years, and we need to make sure the accompanying wave of plastic waste never reaches our ocean.ĭid you know that implementing waste collection and recycling globally can not only address the issue of ocean plastic pollution, but can improve public health by preventing the spread of infectious disease, reducing respiratory illnesses from open air burning of waste, and prevent food chain contamination of both livestock and fish and shellfish? But with 8 million metric tons dumped in the ocean every year, the ocean can’t wait for long term solutions, and we need to act now. We believe that the long term solution to plastic in our ocean is to transform the role that plastic plays in the worldwide economy. Our goal is to cut down the amount of plastic entering the ocean by half within a decade. We’re so proud of the work this global family of volunteers has achieved together, but with plastic production increasing around the world, it’s clear that the ultimate solution is to keep plastic out of the ocean in the first place. In that time, volunteers have picked up more than 348 million pounds of trash from the world’s beaches. For more than 35 years, Ocean Conservancy has brought together more than 17 million volunteers from over 150 countries to participate in our annual International Coastal Cleanup®.
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