Plastic Pollution / Plastikverschmutzung / Poluição Plástica / Polución Plastica

Plastic pollution involves the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, or even Humans. Living organisms, including Humans, but particularly marine animals are affected through entanglement, direct ingestion of plastic waste, or through exposure to chemicals within plastics that cause interruptions in biological functions. The Marine Conservancy has predicted the decomposition rates of several plastic products. It is ...