• The Ocean accounts for approximately 97% of the Earth’s water and cover 71% of the world’s surface.

 

• Plastic pollution isn't just directly damaging the health and functioning marine organisms that live in the sea, but may also be impacting our carbon cycle too- have impacts on how carbon is drawn down by the ocean.

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• Phytoplankton - 'phyto' means plant, 'plankton' means made to wander or drift. Phytoplankton, tiny plant like organisms that live in the sea and are responsible for the production of 50-80% of the oxygen on Earth.

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• Up to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans every year. Only 0.3 million tonnes of this plastic is floating on the ocean surface. Undeniably, plastic pollution is now the biggest killer of marine life.

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• Conservationists have already warned of a glut of single-use disposable masks and waterlogged latex gloves floating on seabeds resulting from the increased usage during Covid-19 adding to an existing growing problem.