“Every minute, the equivalent of one full garbage truck of plastic trash is dumped in the sea. That is 1440 trucks per 24 hours and 8 BILLION kilos per year.”
Over time, plastic falls apart into small fragments, transforming all the water around us into a big soup full of microplastics. These particles enter the marine food chain because plankton and other small animals mistake them for food.
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The knowledge center of the Plastic Soup Foundation.
Plastic Soup Foundation is the Dutch partner of Let's do it! and coördinates the national cleanup day on September 15. For more information click here.
As an integral part of the Our Ocean Conference, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Sustainable Ocean Alliance will co-host the third Our Ocean, Our Legacy Youth Leadership Summit, which will take place on October 29-30, 2018!...
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