An injured seal with a plastic frisbee around its neck. Photo: gemredding / Getty images

The world produces over 8.3 billion tons of plastic every year. That’s equivalent to the weight of the entire human population. 91% of this isn’t recycled or reused. And because plastic almost never really degrades, all this plastic produced year after year is all around somewhere on the planet.

If that doesn’t freak you out, here’s a stark visual reminder. This is where all our bottle caps, straws, and bags end up. This is where they don’t belong:

Inside the Holy Ganga

Pure like Ganga means as dirty as Ganga where Gov of India spend ₹25 billion to clean it. Right? 😩😩😩 pic.twitter.com/6Np6edPFRT — MATTS (@MATTSMATTS) December 21, 2016

At the tallest point on Earth

At 8848 meters, Mt Everest is the world's tallest, and one of its most remote, trash heaps. Shown here is part of its accumulation of plastic bottles. pic.twitter.com/8jbZAB3Mwa — Humans Of Late Tourism (@LateHumans) August 25, 2018

At the deepest point on Earth

Not even the Mariana Trench—which extends nearly 36,000 feet down in the Pacific Ocean—can escape the global onslaught of plastics pollution https://t.co/NJR28hp0Ju — National Geographic (@NatGeo) May 11, 2018

Among precious coral

Garbage like disposable diapers, plastic bags and snack wrappers are getting into the ocean and snagging on coral reefs, leading to deadly infections that literally eat the corals alive, a new study suggests. https://t.co/72ZWYFLMXf pic.twitter.com/9iXiQYqnSC — Simon Cousins ITPro (@SimonCousins) January 26, 2018

Around a seahorse

In a polar bear’s mouth

Polar Bear Spotted Eating Plastic Bag On Remote Arctic Island https://t.co/6BrcwbxvxI pic.twitter.com/mng2iuQntQ — Zen World News (@world_zen) August 8, 2018

In a gannet’s beak

Spot the difference: #plasticpollution edition 🔍 Unfortunately, while a shredded bin liner does look a lot like seaweed, it doesn’t make the best nest material #gannet #bassrock pic.twitter.com/jnhCTeTRlD — Becca Wanless (@WanlessBecca) July 25, 2019

Around a baby turtle

Inside a sea turtle

Sea turtle found with stomach full of plastic after washing up on Thai beach.https://t.co/toFLix8vsa pic.twitter.com/BEXWvLeQhl — LADbible (@ladbible) July 26, 2019

Inside an eel

Inside a chick

Inside all kinds of birds, basically

But also inside whales

A dead whale in the Philippines had 88 pounds of plastic in its stomach, including:

– 16 rice sacks

– 4 banana plantation-style bags

– multiple shopping bags pic.twitter.com/hBNwfNhpWw — Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) March 19, 2019

Around a hedgehog’s neck

@wrexham I found a hedgehog in my garden last night! Broke my heart 2 see this.

Myself and my partner managed 2 free the plastic from around its neck and it went off as soon as the storm started.

It’s not just the oceans plastic is effecting ☹️ #plasticpollution #plastic pic.twitter.com/xSj1KTJcS1 — Marnie B (@MarnieBeePhoto) July 24, 2019

Around a dolphin’s snout