OVER 1.5 MILLION ANIMALS EVERY YEAR FALL VICTIM OF PLASTIC WASTE
They suffocate on our waste. Birds, fish, whales, turtles: one and a half million animals, every year, are victims of plastic waste dumped in the oceans. And the problem is set to get worse, says Laurence Maurice, of the French Institute for Research on Development (IRD). "In the North Pacific, 30% of fish have ingested plastic during their life cycle," observes Laurence Maurice. Spotted for the first time in 1997, it is in this ocean, between the coasts of California and Hawaii, that the largest of the "islands" of waste is located. Since then, its size has tripled, reaching 3.5 million square kilometers, seven times the size of France.
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