Annually 12 million tons of plastic fall into the world ocean

According to the edition, also annually more than one million birds and 100 thousand. marine mammals die because of plastic.

Having eaten plastic, animals can not digest it and die from poisoning. Also, entangled in a plastic ring or bag, the animal can suffocate or drown.

The UK Environmental Protection Department believes that the country should protect the oceans and marine life from plastic waste by implementing a deposit system for collecting tare.

As previously reported in URA-Inform, huge piles of rubbish appeared on the embankment in Uzhgorod, where rats already operate. On this occasion, people began to get very angry on the net, as previously there was a beautiful landscape, now - a smelly dump.