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A sea turtle swims through the water and spots a white blob floating near the surface. "Yum!" it thinks. "A jellyfish!" Chasing after its dinner, the turtle swallows the item. But the floating blob isn't a jelly-it's a plastic bag that could make the sea turtle sick.

This sea creature isn't alone: Over 700 species of marine animals have been reported to have eaten or been entangled in plastic. Scientists think that the amount of plastic in the ocean might triple by 2050-and that would mean seriously bad news for the ocean and the creatures that live there. But by understanding the issue and taking action, you can help stop that from happening.

What's the problem with plastic?

First, let's get real: Not all plastic is bad. Bike helmets, car airbags, and many medical supplies made with plastic save lives. Plastic water bottles can bring clean drinking water to people who don't have it, and plastic straws can help people with disabilities drink.

The problem is that most of us use and then toss way more plastic than we need: things like grocery bags, drink bottles, straws, food wrappers, and plastic packaging around toys. This kind of plastic that's used only once before being thrown away is called single-use plastic, and it makes up more than 40 percent of all plastic trash.

Where does the plastic go?

That's a lot of trash. Scientists think that 8.8 million tons of plastic winds up in the ocean every year-that's as if you stacked up five plastic grocery bags full of trash on top of each other on every foot of coastline in the world.

How does it get into the sea? Plastic left on the ground as litter often blows into creeks and rivers, eventually ending up in the ocean. And because plastic trash is different from other types of waste-it doesn't decompose back into nature like an apple core or a piece of paper-it stays in the ocean forever. That means discarded fishing nets and six-pack rings can entangle animals; harmful straws and grocery bags can be mistaken as food.

What can we do about it?

You can do so much to help keep Earth clean! You can look at how much single-use plastic your family uses by filling out a plastic journal for a week-then talking about what you can do to use less. Need ideas? Check out these quick tips to reduce your plastic waste. By working together, our choices can help save animals-and the ocean they live in.

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A sea turtle swims through the water and spots a white blob floating near the surface. "Yum!" it thinks. "A jellyfish!" Chasing after its dinner, the turtle swallows the item. But the floating blob isn't a jelly-it's a plastic bag that could make the sea turtle sick.

This sea creature isn't alone: Over 700 species of marine animals have been reported to have eaten or been entangled in plastic. Scientists think that the amount of plastic in the ocean might triple by 2050-and that would mean seriously bad news for the ocean and the creatures that live there. But by understanding the issue and taking action, you can help stop that from happening.

What's the problem with plastic?

First, let's get real: Not all plastic is bad. Bike helmets, car airbags, and many medical supplies made with plastic save lives. Plastic water bottles can bring clean drinking water to people who don't have it, and plastic straws can help people with disabilities drink.

The problem is that most of us use and then toss way more plastic than we need: things like grocery bags, drink bottles, straws, food wrappers, and plastic packaging around toys. This kind of plastic that's used only once before being thrown away is called single-use plastic, and it makes up more than 40 percent of all plastic trash.

Where does the plastic go?

That's a lot of trash. Scientists think that 8.8 million tons of plastic winds up in the ocean every year-that's as if you stacked up five plastic grocery bags full of trash on top of each other on every foot of coastline in the world.

How does it get into the sea? Plastic left on the ground as litter often blows into creeks and rivers, eventually ending up in the ocean. And because plastic trash is different from other types of waste-it doesn't decompose back into nature like an apple core or a piece of paper-it stays in the ocean forever. That means discarded fishing nets and six-pack rings can entangle animals; harmful straws and grocery bags can be mistaken as food.

You can do so much to help keep Earth clean! Start by taking the Kids Vs. Plastic pledge to show that you care about this problem. You can also look at how much single-use plastic your family uses by filling out a plastic journal for a week-then talking about what you can do to use less. Need ideas? Check out these quick tips to reduce your plastic waste. By working together, our choices can help save animals-and the ocean they live in.

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A sea turtle swims through the water and spots a white blob floating near the surface. "Yum!" it thinks. "A jellyfish!" Chasing after its dinner, the turtle swallows the item. But the floating blob isn't a jelly-it's a plastic bag that could make the sea turtle sick.

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Ditch microbeads

Don't use face wash or toothpaste with microbeads. (If the ingredients label lists polyethylene or polypropylene, the item likely contains microbeads.) These tiny plastic beads go down the drain, eventually flowing to rivers, lakes, and the ocean. There they can be mistaken for food by fish and sea turtles-a dish that could be deadly.

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Ditch microbeads Don't use face wash or toothpaste with microbeads. (If the ingredients label lists polyethylene or polypropylene, the item likely contains microbeads.) These tiny plastic beads go down the drain, eventually flowing to rivers, lakes, and the ocean. There they can be mistaken for food by fish and sea turtles-a dish that could be deadly.

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Kids Against Plastic. 1K likes. 2 kids campaigning against single-use plastic bottles, with the aim of removing them from supermarket shelves in the UK. We're also picking up 100,000 pieces of...

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Shot video: Kids Tale Action Against Plastic

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Shot video: Kids Tale Action Against Plastic

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Kids Take Action Against Ocean Plastic | Short Film Showcase

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Kids against plastic | Amy & Ella Meek | TEDxExeter

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La pardela cenicienta en Canarias, amenazada por la "basura marina"

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EO/BirdLife ha advertido este lunes de que la contaminación marina por plásticos representa una "seria amenaza" para las poblaciones canarias de aves marinas, especialmente la pardela cenicienta, pues el 83% de los pollos analizados en los últimos estudios por científicos canarios tenían plástico en su interior, con una media de ocho fragmentos por individuo, que habrían ingerido junto al alimento aportado por los adultos.

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We think that it's important to reuse plastic whenever we can. For example, you can refill bottles of water rather than buying a new one. We all have water bottles that we refill which is much more friendly to our world.

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We were very shocked to find out that there is plastic in our toothpaste! The microbeads may be very tiny but they are very harmful to wildlife - and they're making their way up the foodchain so we're eating them too!

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In Birmingham there is a new shop called Clean Kilo where you take your own containers to do your shopping. That means that there is no waste. Good idea isn't it?

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The Clean Kilo | Birmingham - The UK's Largest Zero Waste Supermarket

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The Clean Kilo | Birmingham - The UK's Largest Zero Waste Supermarket

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A zero waste supermarket which sells local food, international food, wholefoods, home made foods, drinks, toiletries, cleaning products and household items without plastic packaging! The Clean Kilo

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Plastic waste - Environment - European Commission

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Plastic waste remains a double challenge, in terms of sea pollution and recycling strategies, that the EU is starting to tackle.

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These facts surprised and shocked us

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There are some good ideas here on alternatives to plastic

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9 really good alternatives to plastic | Friends of the Earth

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Plastic is in crisp packets, toothbrushes, coffee cups - even tea bags. How can you avoid it? Quick tricks to reduce your plastic consumption.