15 Ways That Plastic Bottle You Throw Away Puts Marine Animals in Danger

11Plastic waste comes back to us

Fish are repeatedly eating microplastic waste in areas high in coastal plastic pollution. These same fish get back to us through fisheries and stores where we too are consuming toxic plastic.

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12We actually use more plastic than we need

Supermarkets are the worst offenders as well as local shops and markets that use plastic bags even for single items. If you really want to do your bit, reuse your own bag or use a shopping bag and refuse plastic.

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13A beach in The Philippines

There is almost 1.88 million metric tons of plastic that pollutes the Philippines yearly. There is no effective management of the garbage that worsens the problem. Freedom Island in the Philippines is virtually a junkyard of plastic pollution that Greenpeace endeavored to clean up. They found the worst offenders of pollution were large brands like Unilever, and Indonesian company PT Torabika Mayora. Nestle was at the top of the list.

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14Even swimming is now difficult

Would you like swimming in garbage such as this? Just look at the number of plastic bottles floating in the water which makes one wonder, why do people care so little for the environment by throwing their water bottles just anywhere.

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15 Surfing in Indonesia

This is disgusting where the ocean in coastal areas is becoming one huge garbage dump. We have exhausted our landfills and now we are turning to oceans. When exactly does this stop?

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16 The shocker

Take a look at the video that will really shock you into realizing how bad the problem really is. Escalating yearly and soon we to will have to holiday on beaches alongside garbage dumps of plastic.