Plastic rubbish endangers marine human beings must be take measures

Over 8 million metric tons of rubbish are now being introduced to the oceans each year. Over the long run, it is estimated that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish and there will be more or less 99% of seabirds eating plastic by mistake.

In fact, humans are already eating plastic from the sea. According to researchers at the University of Ghent in Belgium, an average of 11,000 plastic particles are consumed per person per year among those who eat seafood. As Prince Charles recently said at the "Our Ocean" summit: "The menu contains a lot of plastic."

Over the past 70 years, about 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic products have been manufactured by mankind, of which almost 80% have been discarded in landfills or in nature, including the sea.

The plastic garbage that began in the 1950s will eventually form a layer of sedimentary rocks that our descendants will see. What is the consequence? Recently, Orb Media conducted an analytical survey of tap water samples from more than a dozen countries and found that plastic fibers were found in more than 83% of the samples, which means that billions of people are drinking water contaminated with plastic particles.

How to deal with the body itself is eaten into the plastic? Which of the chemicals will enter the body and cause inflammation? These are still unknown.

Greenpeace praised Adenburg for appeals and proposed that the government organize a "deposit back plan" that returns a small deposit every time consumers return plastic packages, such as bottles, for styrofoam box recycling.

"The good news is that we are now able to take some steps to stop the catastrophe caused by plastic trash," said a spokesman for Greenpeace. He also suggested that the companies concerned should set a schedule to reduce the production of disposable plastic bottles to urge consumers to reduce the consumption of plastic. And recycling through foam compactor is also a good ways.