Total rubbish | Ocean plastic, by numbers

• 8,000,000 tons of plastic enters the oceans every year (approximately)
• 91% of plastic is never recycled
• 450 years is the time it takes for a plastic bottle to decompose
• 2050 is the date projected for when the amount of plastics in the ocean will equal the amount of fish
• 6,400 microplastics are inadvertently swallowed by the average European shellfish consumer each year