Be a Part of the Solution

Not the Pollution

Do you know that plastic pollution exist? Do you know that these plastic breaks down into such small segments? Oh yes one plastic bottle could end up on every part of the beach. Say no to pollution people it is slowly destroying our land. Instead let’s keep making a positive impact to our sea waters by keeping it clean. Pollution is one of the biggest global killers, affecting over 100 million people. 14 billion pounds of garbage are dumped into the ocean every year and most of it contains plastic. The continuous dumping of the plastics allows for over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed every year. These plastic waste ranges from grocery bags and soft drink bottles to lost rubber duckies and also the microbeads from face washes which is fast growing environmental problem. Experts estimate that plastics account for 1 percent of municipal solid waste in the 1960 and it is 10% more today. Most of these plastic ends up in landfills and a good portion of it end up straight to the ocean. Base on research plastic disposal in the ocean can grow to 155 million metric tons by 2025. Today thousands of pounds of plastic can be found swirling convergences making up about 40 percent of the world’s ocean surfaces. We’re surrounded by plastic. Thin k of every piece you touch in a single day. The world population is living, working, vacationing, increasingly conglomerating along the coasts. In 2008, our global plastic consumption worldwide has been estimated at 260 million tons and according to a 2012 report by Global Industry Analysts. Agricultural practices, coastal tourism, port and harbor developments, urban development  and many others all play a part in the threaten state of the coastal system and the marine habitats. Most of these plastics come from the urban areas in which the wind transports these plastic particles to the sea. We can help stop this plastic pollution by ensuring that we do not leave our litter to linger throughout the cities and surroundings that will allow it to end up in the sea.

Help prevent plastic pollution. It all starts with YOU!

These Pictures were taken at Chagville Beach Chaguaramas which displays plastic pollution on the land and then in the water.