Haunting because the world is flooded with plastic waste
Will you choose to save the planet you live in or for convenience but continue to use plastic bottles, plastic bags? It is also the name of the latest environmental campaign by National Geographic magazine.
Campaign named Planet or Plastic ? Includes shocking images of the state of global waste that is flooding across the world, from the deep ocean to distant Africa.
Covering the latest National Geographic publication impresses viewers.
"Every day our explorers, researchers and photographers witness firsthand the devastation of disposable plastic products for our oceans, and the situation is becoming more and more so fierce, " said Gary E. Knell, executive director of National Geographic Partners.
"Through Planet or Plastic? We want to share the stories of this growing crisis . and raise awareness among people around the world about how to remove disposable plastic and prevent them from invading. enter our ocean ".
According to statistics, every year people produce 9 million tons of plastic waste. This garbage has a long-term impact on the environment and human health, especially when they dissolve into small particles and penetrate our food chain.
Plastic waste on the seabed - (Photo by David Jones / National Geographic).
Marine creatures are littered with plastic garbage - (Photo: OHN JOHNSON).
Garbage is flooding a river, mostly plastic waste - (Photo: ABDUL HAKIM / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC).
A stork in Spain was wrapped in plastic bags and was lucky to be rescued by a photographer.It took hundreds of years for this plastic bag to completely decay - (Photo: John Cancalosi / National Geographic).
Plastic waste at the foot of a bridge over the Buriganga River, Bangladesh - (Photo: Randy Olson / National Geographic).
Most plastic waste is currently not recycled - (Photo by Jayed Hasen / National Geographic).
A crab in Okinawa, Japan 'wraps' itself in a bottle cap - (Photo: Shawn Miller).
A seahorse clings to a cotton swab off Indonesia's Sumbawa Island.Photographer says he wished the picture didn't exist - (Photo: Justin Hofman / National Geographic).
The baby monkey plays with the plastic bottle.According to statistics, every minute there are nearly one million plastic beverage bottles sold in the world - (Photo: David Higgins / National Geographic).
Hyena eat at a landfill in Harar, Ethiopia - (Photo by Brian Lehmann / National Geographic).
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