Forever Waste
Plastic Pandemic
More than 8 million tons of plastic enter our oceans every year.
It takes centuries to disappear.
Decomposition Timeline
Live Estimates
Scale: Years
🥤
Plastic Bottle
450 Years
🪥
Toothbrush
500 Years
🎣
Fishing Line
600 Years
🛍️
Plastic Bag
20 Years
Current (9%)
Current Reality
Circular Economy
Global Production
Annual Production
400M
Tons
Doubling every 15 years
Microplastics in Ocean
51T
Trillion particles
🐋 Marine Impact
🐢 Animals
100k+ Die/Yr
🍽️ Food
Ingested
🏝️ Garbage
Great Pacific Patch