The amount of plastic in the ocean is growing

About 8 million tons of discarded plastic accumulated in the waters of the world's oceans in recent years. According to a recent study, the amount of synthetic debris in the aquatic environment of the planet will increase significantly in the next ten years and will take a threatening scale, if not take urgent measures.

A report on the presence of plastic in the oceans was published recently in the journal Science and became the most ambitious project to assess how much plastic is actually released into the water. Jenna Jambeck, an assistant professor of natural engineering at the University of Georgia, who has become a leading expert in this study, states that in various regions the amount of plastic in the oceans is measured in volumes from 4,8 to 12,7 million tons. The average figure was about 8 million tons. This is equivalent to five full plastic bags for every 30 see shoreline in the world.

If no measures are taken in the world, by the year of 2025 the amount of plastic in the oceans will double and make up the volume of full plastic bags in 10 for every 30 centimeters of the coast, AmericaRu.com