Plastic and the Ocean

It is assumed that 80% of garbage comes from land and 20% comes from the ocean. Theoretically, the waste from the west coast of North America flows into the center of the vortex in about 5 years and flows in from the East Coast of Asia within one year. When the plastic reaches the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it is divided finely under the influence of the sun and seawater. Therefore, a garbage patch is an erroneous representation of a plastic island that can walk.

It is a well-known difficulty to follow the input and distribution of marine plastic in the ocean. As we have seen throughout the article there is a big difference between the annual input of plastic and ocean and the estimate of surface plasticity accumulation. The annual estimate of marine plastic input is up to 10 million tons; at the same time, the total surface plasticity accumulation is between 10 and 100 kiloton (lower or higher digits) 23, 24, 25, 26. This difference is called "plastic chipping" problem.

The amount of plastic contamination in the world's waters in 2012 is estimated at about 165 million tons. Plastic that attracts attention for marine plastic contamination is useless. Needles are plastic pellets (microplastic) which are usually used for the manufacture of plastic products shipped on cargo ships. It is estimated that billions of obstacles are flooded in the ocean each year and about 10% of the beach garbage is made up of hurdles around the world. Plastic in the sea usually deteriorates within one year, but it does not completely deteriorate. In this process, toxic chemicals such as bisphenol A and polystyrene can be immersed in water from some plastics. Polystyrene chips and drill bits are the most common type of marine plastic contamination and form most of marine waste in combination with plastic bags and food containers.