"The ocean will have more plastic in it than fish by the year 2050."
"The U.N. estimates, by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish."
"Since the end of World War II, we've produced more than eight billion metric tons of plastic."
"Americans use 500 million plastic straws per day which sounds awful cuz that's stupid they're only 300 million Americans."
"The notion that means that for all three of us using zero in order for us to get to 500 million there has to be some person out there who's using 10 plus 10 plastic straws in a day."
"Avoid single-use plastic items or foods. So things like plastic cutlery, plastic straws, plates, cups, and single-use food items."
"Plastic bottles and loads of plastic bags... are genuinely clogging up our oceans and the ecosphere."
"It's said that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish."
"A single plastic tea bag...releases around eleven point six billion microplastics and 3.1 billion nano plastics into a single cup."
"An overwhelming amount of plastic waste is littering the world's oceans every year, while gradually turning them into giant landfills."
"By 2050, our oceans will contain more plastic by weight than fish."
"Plastic pollution is slowly crippling the Earth's vital ecosystems, and it's now up to us to try and stop it."
"In 2017, researchers conducted an analysis on all plastic ever made worldwide. Based on their results, as of 2015, only 9% of it had been recycled."
"By 2030, if we continue to litter the way we do and use as many single-use plastic items as we do, we will have more plastic in the oceans than fish."
"700 species impacted negatively by plastic pollution, more than 100 threatened by extinction."
"Plastic pollution costs humanity up to 19 billion dollars a year."
"Plastic breaks down into smaller pieces, entering the food chain and posing a health threat."
"The closer to the source of plastic action can be taken, the more effective that action will be."
"Plastic pollution is extremely destructive for the environment."
"Tangled seals: victims of plastic nets and rubbish."
"Whale died due to 40 kilograms of plastic: a shocking autopsy reveals the consequences."
"We're living in kind of scary times. Plastic production is out of control and is causing serious issues for our planet."
"Hermit crabs are confusing plastic for shells and it's killing them."
"Scientists are hoping the discovery will bring more widespread attention to the plague of plastic pollution across our world."
"Straws matter because they were kind of that again, like that kick starter to the whole conversation around plastic."
"Plastic has literally become a part of nature." - Narrator
"Plastic eating bugs: Breakthrough could greatly aid in the global plastic pollution crisis."
"Plastic bags are also a major source of litter and harm wildlife."
"That plastic bag you see in the gutter or floating in a stream or washed up on the beach, multiply that by 100 billion. Yikes, am I right?"
"Stop using single-use plastics and especially straws."
"Certain bacteria have developed the ability to break down and consume PET, the most common plastic found in the environment."
"Plastic in the oceans is causing serious damage to marine wildlife."
"Blue land is set out to do something about it, eliminate the need for single-use plastic in the products we reach for the most."
"Without humans, there would be no plastic waste."
"Living creatures around the world are evolving to eat plastic."
"Since the 1950s humans have produced about 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic."
"There will be one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish by, not 2050 -- by 2025."
"A mushroom that eats plastic. Even better, the fungi are capable of surviving on plastic alone."
"This is a fungi that could help us solve one of the world's most pressing issues which is the overpopulation of plastic."
"There's concerns about the effects of plastics on circulating estrogen levels."
"We gotta pressure our governments to pass a ban on single-use Plastics."
"It's no secret that the world is producing more plastic waste than ever before."
"Plastic is super horrible for the environment."
"The world's oceans currently contain more than 170 trillion pieces of plastic."
"Please don't use plastic straws because do you want this to die no you don't."
"Americans alone throw away 500 million straws every year."
"Fungi could be the solution to one of the biggest environmental contaminants we have: plastic."
"Plastics never breaks down and now it's kind of taking over the world."
"The big challenge is that although there's a lot of plastic, it's spread out over this vast area."
"We ingest enough plastic a day it's like we're eating a credit card a day."
"I don’t think we’re going to see one solution to fix our plastic problem."
"The Arctic Ocean once regarded as pristine and untouched is now under siege from an insidious and pervasive threat: plastic pollution."
"Seriously, there is too much plastic in the world, do you agree with me?"
"Stop using plastics, stop killing the turtles, do better."
"We all know about the environmental impact of leftover plastic water bottles."
"have you ever considered how many single use Plastics are in your bathroom the average person consumes 19,000 plastic cosmetic bottles over their lifetime and less than half of those are recycled if you're looking to cut down on single-use Plastics wild is the perfect solution"
"Water doesn't expire, but the plastic breaks down."
"Another reason for us all to reduce our use of plastic."
"Recycled polyester still releases microplastics and it isn't biodegradable."
"The majority of the plastic on our planet was produced after 2004. Really? Yes, why? How was that? Like more vending machines. They shouldn't have canceled Captain Planet."
"If we don't reduce one-way, throw-away plastic habits, it's going to be a problem."
"Grove in itself is already plastic neutral which means that they remove an ounce of plastic pollution from nature for every ounce of plastic that they currently sell."
"It's important to recognize that drinking water in plastic bottles, whether it's microplastics that we're talking about or the leeching of phthalates and other plastic-related compounds into our bottled water, it's a real genuine concern."
"Using bamboo straws can help minimize the waste of harmful plastics and environmental pollution."
"This discovery could help us solve one of the world's most pressing issues which is the overpopulation of plastic."
"We are working hard with customers and regulators to minimize the amount of plastic ending up in our sewers."
"...by taking it out of ecosystems where it's not supposed to be you're preventing all of this plastic from being in the stomachs of a wide range of animals right we're not just talking fish we're talking raccoons and opossums and birds and crows and Hawks and vultures."
"They've collected over 7.6 million kilograms of plastic."
"Plastic production isn't slowing down, so is plastic recycling a lie? Is it just one big scam that I don't quite understand yet?"
"I don't get when people go to get water and they go and get a plastic water bottle. You don't need a plastic water bottle."
"Plastic bags are not good for the environment."
"When beach goers are coming and going, and seeing these robots driving down the beach, or floating in the lake and just spark that conversation and inspire people to look at their plastic use, and plastic pollution a little bit differently."
"Plastic is derived from fossil fuels and is not biodegradable, taking a heavy toll on the environment."
"By 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish."
"By 2050, it is estimated there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish."
"This tragic incident emphasizes global plastic pollution that is impacting even the most remote and beautiful corners of our planet."
"By 2050, there might be more plastic in the ocean than fish."
"Half of all the plastic that has ever existed was made in the last 13 years."
"It's great, and I hope it raises a lot of awareness about our plastic pollution problem."
"When you see those poor little birds nibbling away at plastic bags and making nests out of plastic, you just can't help be kind of touched and motivated really to just discard of plastic in such a lot more of a responsible way."
"We're starting to see the negative impact of this including for our own health."
"The plastic can be very dangerous to sea creatures who might eat it by mistake."
"The average American is now consuming has about a credit card size of plastic in their body."
"There's too much plastic in our oceans, and this is my simple, easy way of just not using loads of plastic bottles."
"There's approximately 380 million tons of plastic produced every year, half of that is single-use."
"By 2050, they actually estimate that there's going to be more plastic in the ocean than fish."
"It's truly shocking that all the plastic ever produced still exists somewhere today."
"There are more plastic flamingos than real ones."
"Instead of placing garbage cans around this beach, the city made a giant see-through wired fish with the words 'Gobby loves plastic, please feed him.'"
"If something doesn't change, there's going to be more plastic than fish in the ocean. How crazy is that?"
"Governments should mandate the use of paper bags instead of plastics in supermarkets to help preserve the environment."
"I really think someone needs to start a petition to make sure that plastic blind bags are no more."
"Reducing single-use plastic means less death of marine life."
"Try not to use plastic bottles and also recommend not using plastic bags."
"Once plastic exists, it really never truly goes away."
"Oceana campaigns to stop plastic pollution at the source by calling on companies to reduce their plastic waste and offer plastic-free and reusable alternatives."
"We tried our best to pick up all the plastic on the higher tide line, but it's literally just such an overwhelming task."
"Each week we are eating and drinking roughly a credit card's worth of plastic. Yes, you heard me right, and that's just really, really gross."