Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both large and small.
Psalm 104: 25
God created the oceans to teem with life and they are awesome and contain so many incredible creatures – but due to human activity marine life is under tremendous threat from plastic.
At least 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year. Plastic is the most abundant type of litter in the ocean, making up 80% of all marine debris.
Hundreds of marine species are impacting getting suffocated and entangled in plastic. Marine wildlife such as seabirds, whales, fish and turtles mistake plastic waste for food; they die of starvation as their stomachs become filled with plastic.
The main sources of plastic debris in the ocean are land-based, coming from urban and stormwater runoff, sewer overflows, littering, inadequate waste disposal and management, industrial activities, tyre abrasion, construction and illegal dumping. Ocean-based plastic pollution comes mostly from the fishing industry and aquaculture
Under the influence of solar UV radiation, wind and plastic breaks down into small particles called microplastics which makes them easy for marine life to ingest accidentally. Here is a video so you can see the impact of microplastics in the ocean
https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-brief/marine-plastic-pollution