El Programa de Naciones para el Medio Ambiente (Pnuma) lanzó hoy una campaña mundial para eliminar en 2022 las principales fuentes de basura en los océanos, entre las que predomina el plástico. Bajo el lema "#MaresLimpios, ¡Cambia la marea del plástico!", la ONU pidió a los Gobiernos que lleven a cabo políticas para la reducción del plásticos, y apeló a los consumidores a que abandonen el hábito de usar y tirar productos plásticos "antes de que perjudique irreversiblemente a nuestros océanos". http://www.selassienetworks.com/2017/02/mareslimpios.html

1. http://unep.org/gpa/gpml/
HABITATS ECOSYSTEMS BIODIVERSITY
WHAT’S MARINE LITTER?
Waste created by humans which is discharged in coastal or marine environment:
MOST COMMON PLASTIC POLYMERS
MARINE LITTER AFFECTS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IMPACTED BY MARINE LITTER
CIGARETTE
BUTTS
PLASTIC
BAGS
FISHING
GEAR
FOOD AND
BEVERAGE
CONTAINERS
PAPER
WOOD
TEXTILES
METAL
GLASS
CERAMICS
RUBBER
PLASTICS
60-90 per cent of marine litter is made up of different plastic polymers
SHIPPING FISHING AQUACULTURE TOURISM RECREATION
Marine litter costs us approximately $8 billion per year
This is in the form of costs for fisheries, aquaculture, marine tourism and cleanups
European Union fishing fleet
loses $81.7 million per year
Annual loss in tourism
of $622 million
COST OF MARINE LITTER
WHAT CAN WE DO?
MARINE LITTER COMES IN DIFFERENT SIZES
LARGE
Wrecked vessels
Lost fishing nets
Lost cargo containers
MEDIUM
Plastic bags
Soda bottles
Milk containers
SMALL
Beads
Cosmetic products
Cloth fibres
Show the true cost
of plastic disposal on
products
Enforce and strengthen
legislation to stop
marine litter
Use reusable bags
Ban plastic bags
Stop intentional
littering
Invest in waste
management
infrastructures
Ban smoking
on beaches
Clean up beaches
and shorelines
Recycle
Invest in research
to develop non-toxic
material
Advocate for #CleanSeas
COST OF PLASTIC WASTE
2010
• 32 million tonnes of mismanaged plastic
• 4.8-12.7 million tonnes of plastic waste
2025
• 100-250 million tonnes
of mismanaged plastic
HISTORY OF PLASTIC
1950
1.5 million tonnes
produced
2014
300 million tonnes
produced
2050
33 billion tonnes
to be produced
MARINELITTER
#CleanSeas