Petition: Ban Single-Use Plastics to Save Our Oceans and Marine Animals
In November of 2020, Oceana released a report called Many of the animals that suffer due to plastic starve to death as a result of ingesting plastic or becoming entangled in it and thus, unable to move. A few examples of these tragedies include a seal pup who was found with a plastic packing strap around her neck, a dead turtle found with different kinds of plastic in their stomach, and an emaciated, dead, whale with plastic food packaging in their gut. According to Christy Leavitt, a campaign director at Oceana and a leader of this report, “Plastic production is expected to quadruple in ...
Source: onegreenplanet.org