{"id":3746,"date":"2018-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/3746\/toxic-ecosystems-the-impact-of-plastic-on-marine-life\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T04:49:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T04:49:04","slug":"toxic-ecosystems-the-impact-of-plastic-on-marine-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/toxic-ecosystems-the-impact-of-plastic-on-marine-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxic Ecosystems: The Impact of Plastic on Marine Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>Our oceans are choking with single-use plastic. What are the impacts on the creatures that exist in the toxic ecosystem we\u2019ve created?<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class='wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image'><img src='https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/696099ec-gp0stsiib_medium_res_with_credit_line.jpg' alt='Crab with Plastic Piece from Great Pacific Garbage Patch' \/><figcaption class='wp-element-caption'>A small pelagic crab (possibly larvae) with a plastic piece on its body. The crew of the Greenpeace ship MY Arctic Sunrise voyage into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch document plastics and other marine debris. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a soupy mix of plastics and microplastics, now twice the size of Texas, in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happens to plastic when it gets throw \u201caway\u201d? As it turns out, there is no such thing as \u201caway\u201d Instead, \u00a0a large percentage of plastics enter our oceans, with scientists estimating as much as <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/347\/6223\/768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12.7 million tons of plastic per year.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plastic doesn\u2019t disappear when it enters the ocean. Instead, it breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces from sunlight, wind, and water. We call these tiny pieces of plastic microplastics. Microplastics look and smell like food to a host of marine creatures including sea turtles, seagulls, dolphins, and whales who cannot distinguish between a jellyfish and a floating plastic bag. And ingesting all of this plastic can be deadly. Plastic can cause perforated organs and clog the digestive tract so much that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com.au\/2016\/03\/17\/turtles-marine-plastic_n_9455496.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">animals can no longer consume actual food<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_69878\" style=\"width: 816px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69878\" class=\" wp-image-69878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/560f1c36-gp0stsitv_medium_res_with_credit_line.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"537\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-69878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Various fish, including Sargeant Major and Rainbow Runner interact with debris from a fishing net.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plastic also looks like a home to sea creatures. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/great-pacific-garbage-patch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the Arctic Sunrise ship\u2019s recent expedition to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an area of high concentration of plastic debris in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the crew found evidence of fish, crabs, and barnacles living in nets, plastic water bottles and body care product packaging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ocean plastics can also be encouraging the spread of invasive species. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/environment\/2018\/08\/news-invasive-species-ride-plastic-across-ocean\/?user.testname=none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists have discovered that some coastal organisms can survive at sea long enough to reach another part of the world<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The increased amount of plastics arriving on foreign shores mean more non-biodegradable vessels for invasive species. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plastic is now a part of the ocean, and we don\u2019t yet know the full impacts of this toxic ecosystem we have created. Stopping the flow of single-use plastic into our waterways is a top priority not only for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/news\/over-90-of-sampled-salt-brands-globally-found-to-contain-microplastics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">human health<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but also for the wildlife that will continue to be endangered by plastic pollution until we end our current throw-away culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<lite-youtube style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/igPyXgTSd3w\/hqdefault.jpg');\" videoid=\"igPyXgTSd3w\" params=\"rel=0\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many things we can do on an individual level to refuse, reuse, and reduce our plastic waste. At the grocery store, always bring your reusable bags and opt for single fruit without stickers to reduce produce sticker plastic. Invest in a reusable metal or bamboo straw and a leftovers container to use less plastic when dining out. When you find yourself at concerts or festivals, refuse flyers and other freebies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, the most important step we can take to address the massive plastic pollution problem is to use our civic power to demand that corporations take responsibility for the mess they\u2019ve created. Corporate polluters such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle, Procter and Gamble, Starbucks, McDonald\u2019s, and Unilever are producing devastating amounts of single-use products wrapped in plastic packaging <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakfreefromplastic.org\/globalbrandauditreport2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that ultimately end up polluting oceans and coastlines around the world<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_69877\" style=\"width: 818px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69877\" class=\" wp-image-69877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/7910f1e2-gp0stsj0k_medium_res_with_credit_line.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"808\" height=\"538\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-69877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A clear plastic bottle found drifting in the garbage patch. Living on this single bottle were bryozoans, nudibranchs, crabs, and barnacles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news is that some nations and companies are already making commitments to phase out plastic. The strength we find in our collective voice has led to numerous corporations and governments making changes to better the environment. Now, we are calling on the environmentalists everywhere &#8212; the ocean activists, the tree-huggers, the nature-lovers, and peace-seekers \u2014 to take action today for a plastic-free future!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.us.greenpeace.org\/onlineactions\/gShqMDRqnEKzVTuFzHNMIQ2?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=hero&amp;utm_campaign=181003_ceoplastichero__wzzzzzzzzzzz&amp;sourceid=1004611&amp;_ga=2.145501683.616797091.1539364232-812784473.1527615347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join the movement and add your name to our petition to tell corporate polluters to take responsibility for their plastic pollution! <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens to plastic when it gets throw \u201caway\u201d? 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