Plastic in the Ocean Statistics 2020

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The world uses over 500 billion plastic bags a year – that’s 150 for each person on Earth.

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Every day around 8 million pieces of plastic makes their way into our oceans.

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88% of the sea's surface is polluted by plastic waste.

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By 2020 the number of plastics in the sea will be higher than the number of fish.

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Excessive marine pollution has helped create 500 dead zones in the ocean – this number will double every decade.

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Over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals are killed by ocean plastic every year.

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700 species of marine animals are in danger of extinction due to plastic.

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1 in 3 marine animals have been found tangled in plastic.

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More than two-thirds of the world’s fish stocks are suffering from plastic ingestion.

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1 in 3 fish caught for human consumption contains plastic.