On a mission / Engage

How much plastic enters our oceans annually?

• billions of tons

• millions of tons

• hundreds of thousands of tons

How many seabirds die because of plastic each year?

• about 100,000

• about 500,000

• about one million

It is estimated that at the current rate oceans will contain more plastic by weight than fish by …

• the year 2050

• the year 2100

• the year 2500

Each year Europeans who eat shellfish inadvertently swallow …

• about one hundred pieces of microplastic

• more than 6,000 pieces of microplastic

• almost 20,000 pieces of microplastic

The time it takes for a plastic bottle to decompose is …

• 10 years

• 150 years

• 450 years

Scientists have identified marine areas where no life organisms can grow. The number of these ‘dead zones’ is

• 10

• 200

• 1,000