Now imagine it covered ankle-deep in plastic waste — piles of soda bottles and plastic bags, takeout containers by the mile, drinking straws as far as the eye can see. And according to one of the best estimates available, that’s how much plastic waste ends up in our oceans every year. From Land To The Sea So, how does all this plastic waste end up in the oceans? Some of it comes from ships and offshore oil and gas platforms, but more than 80 percent of plastic waste in the oceans comes from land. One in three leatherback turtles, which often mistake plastic bags for edible jellyfish, have been found with plastic in their bellies.

Source: Huffington Post April 27, 2017 09:00 UTC