Stop Senseless plastic waste!
Each year between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastics are produced worldwide.
The US alone produces 25 million tonnes of plastic per year. The common plastic variety polyethylene takes 200 years to break down. Plastics are an enormous hazard for all marine life and cause huge amounts of waste throughout all areas of our planet.
A huge island of plastic waste floats near Hawaii. It is a disaster for any marine life. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-worlds-rubbish-dump-that-stretches-from-hawaii-to-japan-778016.html
This is not the only floating plastic island we have!! Check out this website on 'Gyres'
http://5gyres.org/ or watch this video on how fast plastic waste can spread--http://vimeo.com/8350606
More than a million seabirds and over 100,000 whales, turtles, seals and other sea life are killed each year and those statistics arise only from the ones who are discovered.
Countries that do not charge for Plastic bags and give them out freely are HUGE contributors to plastic waste. Recently, some stores have adopted a plastic bag charge and plastic bag use has dropped. China has even put a ban on plastic bags and so have San Fransico and Los Angeles. It's not nearly enough though!! Such changes need to be made world wide and quickly. Our oceans are already under major threat.
We, the undersigned, wish to express our disfavour of improper use and distribution of plastics.
Each year between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags are produced worldwide. The US alone produces 25 million tonnes of plastic per year. The common plastic variety polyethylene takes 200 years to break down.
Plastics are an enormous hazard for all marine life and cause huge amounts of waste throughout all areas of our planet. Huge islands of plastic waste already float in our oceans. It is a disaster for any fish or marine life. Even human life!
More than a million seabirds and over 100,000 whales, turtles, seals and other sea life are killed each year and those statistics arise only from the ones who are discovered.
Without a global consensus on plastic use and distribution, our oceans and waterways will continue to degrade and our planet will continue the senseless death of those marine species that HAVE A RIGHT TO EXIST IN THE WORLD'S OCEANS WITHOUT INTERFERENCE BY MAN OR MAN-MADE PRODUCTS.
We deem it a basic right of nature that international waters remain clear of plastic waste and that governments of all countries govern their peoples to stop the use of plastic for domestic shopping, for excess packaging and for general over-use.
Se flere underskriftsindsamlinger: 