Turning the Tide on Plastic

Every year, the amount of discarded plastic is enough to encircle the Earth four times, with over 8 million tonnes finding their way into the oceans annually. Meanwhile, the production of new plastic reaches an astounding 300 million tonnes each year. The world’s oceans are now cluttered with an estimated 15-51 trillion pieces of plastic. In the UK alone, 38.5 million plastic bottles are discarded daily. On a global scale, a staggering one million plastic bottles are used every minute, alongside 500 million plastic straws annually.

If we fail to take significant steps to address this issue, by the year 2050, plastic pieces in the ocean could surpass the number of fish. This is the future we are setting up for our future generations. Plastic invades every corner of our lives yet the majority of it remains unrecycled.