Every year thousands of tons of garbage end up in our oceans, 60% of which plastic materials. Studies show that plastics decompose longest among common debris items in the ocean. Over 45, 000 pieces of plastic litter every square mile of the seas.

Shore it Up!: A decade of seas, coastal clean-up pays off, thanks to Shore it Up!. (2018, March 18). The Philippine Star, p. 15.