Photo from nasa showing the amount of waste in earths oceans

Unfortunately, humans have decided to turn the ocean into a giant landfill.

And If you travel from California to Hawaii across the Pacific, you can't miss the enormous floating island of trash that's now twice the size of Texas.

To be precise, this huge floating island weighs close to 80,000 tonnes, and the future isn't looking to promising,

On average, close to 1.8 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean each year from rivers around the world. More than half of this amount of plastic is less dense than the water it encounters, meaning it will not sink once in oceans and seas.

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How big is the garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean?

Instead, the size of the patch is determined by sampling. Estimates of size range from 700,000 square kilometres (270,000 sq mi) (about the size of Texas) to more than 15,000,000 square kilometres (5,800,000 sq mi) (0.4% to 8% of the size of the Pacific Ocean).

What is the issue with plastic in the ocean?

Plastic pollution doesn't just hurt marine species. ... When animals eat these plasticpieces, the toxins are absorbed into their body and passed up the food chain. Asplastics break apart in the ocean, they also release potentially toxic chemicals such as bisphenol A (BPA), which can then enter the food web.

How much waste is dumped into the ocean each year?

Americans generate 10.5 million tons of PLASTIC waste a year but recycle only 1 or 2 % of it. An estimated 14 billion pounds of trash-most of it plastic -is dumped in the world's oceans every year.

How long does it take for a plastic bottle to decompose?

Plastic waste is one of many types of wastes that take too long to decompose. Normally, plastic items can take up to 1000 years to decompose in landfills. But plastic bags we use in our everyday life take 10-1000 years to decompose, while plastic bottles can take 450 years or more

How many marine animals are killed by plastic bags each year?

Over 100 million marine animals are killed each year due to plastic debris in the ocean. Currently, it is estimated that there are 100 million tons of plastic in oceans around the world.

Do cruise ships dump waste at sea?

Under the current Caribbean regulations, ships can begin dumping garbage, including metal, glass and paper, 3 miles from shore as long as it is ground to less than an inch. ... Cruise ship arrivals are major economic events, with passengers spending roughly $1.5 billion annually in Caribbean ports.

Do Airplanes dump their waste in the air?

(The noise may make it seem like the toilet is flushing your waste out into the atmosphere, but it's not.) Under normal circumstances, the ground crew disposes of the sewage after the plane lands.

What material takes the longest to break down?

According to our research the following is the estimated time for some everyday items that are all around us to decompose in landfill sites:

Plastic bottles: 70-450 years
Plastic bag: 500-1000 years
Tin can: around 50 years
Leather shoes: 25-40 years
Thread: 3-4 months
Cotton: 1-5 months
Rope: 3-14 months
Cigarette: 1-12 years
Milk packet (tetra) covers and drink packets: 5 years
Nylon clothes: 30-40 years
Sanitary napkins & children diapers: 500-800 years
Glass bottles: 1,000,000 years
Hairspray bottle: 200-500 years
Fishing line: 600 years.
Glass bottle; 1-2 million years
Aluminum can: 200 years

THE OCEAN THE BIGGEST LAND FILL ON EARTH SAD BUT TRUE