Plastic pollution is an urgent challenge for our planet.
Here are some scary statistics about plastic:
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Half of all plastic produced is single-use.
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2 million plastic bags are used worldwide per minute..not per year, per minute.
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500 million plastic straws are used worldwide per day.
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National Geographic found that 448 million tons of plastic were produced in one year alone.
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Every minute, 1 million bottles of water will be thrown away into the trash.
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There will be more plastic in our oceans than fish by the year 2050.
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Plastic bags kill 100,000 marine animals per year.
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IT'S TIME FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE A CHANGE IN OUR DAILY LIVES!
EARTH DAY 2024
PLANET VS PLASTIC
H.E.R.O. WILL DONATE 100% OF ALL PROCEEDS TO THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT IS DOING AMAZING WORK ON THE GROUND
Ocean Conservancy is taking bold action, working to stop the flow of trash at the source, before it has a chance to reach the water to choke and entangle dolphins or endanger sea turtles, or ruin our beaches and depress our local economies.