Of the 1 billion plastic bags distributed every day on our planet, 0.2 to 0.3percent — millions, in other words — end up in the ocean. Bags, along withother forms of plastic, float on the surface, where they’re often mistaken forfood by turtles, birds and other marine life.
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Coral entangled in plastic, which washed up on a beach in Costa Rica.
Marc Ward of Sea Turtles Forever with plastic debris from the beach.
Plastic debris collected on a beach in Costa Rica.