Moving Away From Single-Use Plastics

Plastics are all around us and a part of our everyday life. But single-use plastics, which you use for a few minutes and then discard, have created a major pollution problem - our ocean is filling up with plastic trash, choking fish and marine life and even entering the human food chain. Plastic isn’t made to pollute the ocean, but there are up to 13 million tons of plastic entering marine waters each year. Most of it starts out on land as litter on our beaches, streets and sidewalks and is swept into storm drains, creeks, streams and rivers that lead to the ocean.

It’s up to us to change the current flow of plastic pollution through advocacy for better product alternatives and switching to a reusables in our every day life. We encourage individuals, industry, and governments to protect our ocean, waves and beaches by moving away from single-use plastics.





Common Plastic Pollution Sources