Did You Know?
73% of beach clean litter Worldwide is composed of plastic.
Plastic is killing more than 1.1 million seabirds and animals every year.
The average person eats 70,000 microplastics each year.
Since the 1950s, around 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic has been produced worldwide.
Every year, 8.8 million tonnes of plastic is dumped into the ocean.
At this rate,the amount of plastic in our oceans will outweigh the amount of fish by 2050.
Simple solutions can be taken to reduce your environmental footprint and help reduce further damage to the ocean. Over the next few weeks we will be showing you the small changes you can make while shopping, at home and even travelling that will help reduce the amount of plastic entering our oceans. Below are ways you can make the switch while grocery shopping:
Stay posted for our next blog on how to make the switch at home….
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