What Is The Cause Of Ocean Pollution

We have been in a battle with ocean pollution with plastics for decades. Our battle with this pollution has left many innocents in the line of fire. The United States alone throws away 35 billion plastic water bottles a year. 80 billion tons of ocean pollution is simply food containers and packaging. Due to our negligence of the ocean and our waste, the marine population has suffered. The plastic pollution in our oceans alone has impacted 267 marine species. The marine animals become entangled, suffocated, infected, and many other things by this pollution. Not only are animals that lay under the water affected, but also ones who are above. Sea birds have been greatly impacted by this pollution as well. Many ingest the plastic
believing that it was one of its food sources. There is little being done to change these deathly outcomes. Those who are making a change have worked for many years, with little progress. In order to help we must change our daily lives as well as support those who are working in the field to make a difference. Just as Ghandi once said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.”