Oceans and Plastic

1. Oceans cover about 70 per cent of our planet’s surface.

2. In the UK, we eat £2.5 billion worth of seafood each year.

3. Only 30 per cent of the ocean is protected.

4. Around half of the oxygen that we breathe comes from the ocean.

5. It can take fshing lines 300 years to degrade in the ocean.

6. By 2050, oceans could contain more plastic than fish.

7. About 45 per cent of plastic waste is properly recycled.

8. On average there are 358 items of litter per square kilometre on Britain’s sea floor.

9. Over 80 per cent of pollution in the sea comes from activities that have taken place on land.

10. Microplastics are found in over 75% of mussels taken from British beaches.