Jamie Larkin
ENG 1003
31 October 2018
How bad is the pollution?
The huge increase in pollution has been caused by the one and only human beings that walk this earth. Referring back to the garbage truck worth of plastic goes into the ocean every minute. We have caused so much pollution by letting 14 million tons of plastic just slip right into the seas. Waves and the sun rays break down the trash into pieces not even visible to the human eye. According to the passage, it says that 99.9% of the trash in the ocean is plastic, which could have been recycled instead of putting it into an ocean full of animals. The plastic doesn't just sit in the ocean. Once the sun breaks it down it causes problems for the animals, a big enough problem to even end a species. With recycling being so easy, the World Economic Forum that there will be more plastic in the ocean, by weight, than there will be fish. The epidemic needs to be fixed because of the huge risk of a fish species to go extinct. With this happening, there will be a decline in the seafood fish business which will be bad for our economy. Besides the fish being affected, the water is also being affected enough to where it's not going to be drinkable. We have to come to a realization that recycling is easier than we think it is and it could change the world, literally.
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