
PLASTIC FACT FILE
As Blue Planet II made devastatingly clear, plastic is having an unprecedented impact on marine life, with dolphins, whales, turtles, seals, fish and seabirds paying a tragic price for man's thoughtless consumerism. Here are a few plastic facts: 1. A 2017 study by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation estimated that 12.7 million tonnes of plastic - bottles, straws, glitter, microbeads and bags ends up our oceans each year. That's a truckload every minute. 2. There are an estimated 3