Bits of plastic, toothbrushes, packing straps, shavers, lawn chairs, bottle caps, coolers, crates, bags, and much more. As well as plastic bags, which are lethal to sea turtles, whales, and whale sharks when the indigestible material is engulfed and jams their digestive system. A whale, washed ashore in California in 2007, died of “unknown causes” but had 181 kilograms (400 pounds) of plastic in its stomach. Lost and discarded fishing gear causes major problems by entangling and killing marine mammals, birds, fish, and other marine life, as well as by endangering boat propellers and
Bits of plastic, toothbrushes, packing straps, shavers, lawn chairs, bottle caps, coolers, crates, bags, and much more. As well as plastic bags, which are lethal to sea turtles, whales, and whale sharks when the indigestible material is engulfed and jams their digestive system. A whale, washed ashore in California in 2007, died of “unknown causes” but had 181 kilograms (400 pounds) of plastic in its stomach. Lost and discarded fishing gear causes major problems by entangling and killing marine mammals, birds, fish, and other marine life, as well as by endangering boat propellers and