The effects of pollution on the ocean
Global plastic pollution and consumption has had far-reaching, immeasurable and harmful impacts on marine environments. Plastic is one of the most prominent materials used in manufacture. This man-made, non-biodegradable material is often produced in mass amounts to meet global supply and demand. In effect global plastic pollution has had far-reaching, immeasurable and harmful impacts on the environment. This has led to strategies being undertaken to prevent and eradicate pollution.
The extent to which plastic has polluted the environment in recent decades is substantial. This is exemplified by the sheer magnitude of production, as well as by the difficulty in determining the origins of plastic waste. The magnitude of plastic production is shown through the increase of global plastic resin production by 620% from 1975 to 2012 (Jambeck et al. 2015). Furthermore, in 58% of countries with available data, it was found that at least ten per cent of solid waste material was comprised of plastic pollution (Jambeck et al. 2015). …show more content…
2015). Plastic pollution is widespread and has appeared “on coastlines, in Arctic sea ice, at the sea surface, and on the sea floor”(Jambeck et al. 2015). For example, thirty-one pieces of afloat plastic were sighted on the Barents Sea and Fram Strait, by researchers from the Laboratory of Polar Ecology and Alfred Wegner Institute (Trevail et al.
Global plastic pollution and consumption has had far-reaching, immeasurable and harmful impacts on marine environments. Plastic is one of the most prominent materials used in manufacture. This man-made, non-biodegradable material is often produced in mass amounts to meet global supply and demand. In effect global plastic pollution has had far-reaching, immeasurable and harmful impacts on the environment. This has led to strategies being undertaken to prevent and eradicate pollution.
The extent to which plastic has polluted the environment in recent decades is substantial. This is exemplified by the sheer magnitude of production, as well as by the difficulty in determining the origins of plastic waste. The magnitude of plastic production is shown through the increase of global plastic resin production by 620% from 1975 to 2012 (Jambeck et al. 2015). Furthermore, in 58% of countries with available data, it was found that at least ten per cent of solid waste material was comprised of plastic pollution (Jambeck et al. 2015). …show more content…
2015). Plastic pollution is widespread and has appeared “on coastlines, in Arctic sea ice, at the sea surface, and on the sea floor”(Jambeck et al. 2015). For example, thirty-one pieces of afloat plastic were sighted on the Barents Sea and Fram Strait, by researchers from the Laboratory of Polar Ecology and Alfred Wegner Institute (Trevail et al.