The ocean currents carry the plastic into circular flows of water, called gyres. It then traps the plastic in one location (e.g. The great pacific garbage patch) . The gyres become large watery garbage dumps.
Plastic drink bottles are one of the largest and extensive plastic litter issues. Relative to drinking straws, and plastic bags. During the 2008 Great American Cleanup, volunteers recovered and recycled 189,000,000 plastic bottles that littered highways, waterways and parks. After a rain storm where the storm water drains get flushed from cities into rivers, the amount of plastic bottles that comes out is astonishing. The USA alone uses 2 million every 5 minutes.
In the USA, it takes 15 million barrels of oil annually to create the required plastic products for the country. At the 2011 Australian Tennis Open one company was charging its costumers $8.40 for a single litre of water. In 1976, the average American consumed 27 litres of bottled water. In 2009, that jumped to 318 litres. Some is recycled (7% in the USA and 19% in Australia), however, most of it is disposed to landfill.
Plastic drink bottles are one of the largest and extensive plastic litter issues. Relative to drinking straws, and plastic bags. During the 2008 Great American Cleanup, volunteers recovered and recycled 189,000,000 plastic bottles that littered highways, waterways and parks. After a rain storm where the storm water drains get flushed from cities into rivers, the amount of plastic bottles that comes out is astonishing. The USA alone uses 2 million every 5 minutes.
In the USA, it takes 15 million barrels of oil annually to create the required plastic products for the country. At the 2011 Australian Tennis Open one company was charging its costumers $8.40 for a single litre of water. In 1976, the average American consumed 27 litres of bottled water. In 2009, that jumped to 318 litres. Some is recycled (7% in the USA and 19% in Australia), however, most of it is disposed to landfill.
Techno Kids, 2014 http://www.technokids.com/documents/intermediate/environment-plastic-pollution-fact-sheet.pdf
Plastic Waste Solutions, october 2014 http://plasticwastesolutions.com/plastic-litter/
Plastic Waste Solutions, october 2014 http://plasticwastesolutions.com
Plastic Waste Solutions, october 2014 http://plasticwastesolutions.com/plastic-litter/
Plastic Waste Solutions, october 2014 http://plasticwastesolutions.com