Plastic Bags Ocean Animals

Plastic pollution affects at least 700 marine species and some estimates suggest that at least 100 million marine mammals are killed each year by it.

Plastic bags ocean animals.

Montclairians have been bringing their own reusable bags for a year and half when shopping in big box stores or purchasing single use paper bags at a charge of 10 cents a bag. Toymany 14pcs realistic sea animals figurines 2 6 plastic ocean animals figures set includes orca beluga whale sharks dolphin fish baby shower toy cake toppers birthday gift for kids toddlers. Bags used solely to contain live animals such as fish. When plastic bags end up in our oceans animals including seals dolphins and seabirds can get tangled up in them.

This march a male cuvier s beaked whale was found in the philippines with 88 pounds of plastic in his belly including 16 rice sacks and four banana plantation style bags. Even species that don t identify prey by sight aren t safe. The state level plastic bag ban applies to businesses of any size while the paper bag ban applies only to grocery stores that occupy 2 500 square feet or more. An animal with a plastic bag around its neck will have trouble moving through.

Scientists estimate that there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2020 unless we drastically change our plastic habits. A plastic bag ballooned with water can look a lot like squid or other prey to the seals and marine mammals that hunt them. Flesh footed shearwaters large sooty brown seabirds that nest on islands off the coasts of australia and new zealand eat more plastic as a proportion of their body mass than any other marine. These sea turtles risk extinction partly because of consuming excessive amounts of plastics.

It bans film plastic bags like those found at grocery stores regardless of thickness. Many animals including whales dolphins turtles penguins and dolphins ingest plastic bags as they mistake them food. Executive director of clean ocean action. The following month a female sperm whale was discovered dead off italy with 48 pounds of plastic in her stomach.

Plastic bags kill about 100 000 animals annually. Toothed whales and many species of dolphin use a sophisticated sonar type technique called echolocation to find their prey. Thousands of marine animals choke and die from ingesting this plastic and many more are being slowly poisoned by the dioxin and other pollutants introduced by this mass of plastic. 4 5 out of 5 stars 28.