date:Oct 26, 2018
y these restrictions constitute 70 per cent of all marine litter items.
Due to its slow rate of decomposition, plastic accumulates in seas, oceans and on beaches in the EU and worldwide. Plastic residue is found in marine species such as sea turtles, seals, whales and birds, but also in fish and shellfish, and therefore, in the human food chain.
While plastics are a convenient, adaptable, useful and economically-valuable material, they need to be better used, re-used and recycled. When litter