BIRDS

The very toll of plastic pollution itself has taken a grave hit on birds, as a result it is said that 59 % of birds studied between 1962 - 2012 have found to have ingested plastic, this has dire consequences as many birds mistake for plastic as food- although they may be able to regulate their intake and sucessfully overcome this issues in certain circumstances, the consequence could be more significant to newborns as they are fed, which could fill up their digestive system having sderious health effects as there is littel room left to digest real food, sharp edges of plastic could kill birds and small newborns aloke as it oculd puncture the digestive system. approximetly 1 million sea birds die each year and an unkown amount of other types of birds and 100 000 marine mamals, this is drastic and of even greater consequence as ecosystems could become unbalanced causing displacement of species in their eco-chains and the extinction of many animals alike,

HOW LONG DOES PLASTIC LAST

Plastic can last for 1000 years to decompose, hence it could have many cycles in its lifetime disrupting more than one species and several thousands, this also means we dont have an alternative to wait it out, Oceans are filled with plastic and we are already facing the immense repercussion,