The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned that if something is not urgently done to halt and turn the tide of plastic usage, it could have unimaginable catastrophic effects on the planet.
Announcing the launch of a global campaign on Thursday, Erik Solheim, Executive Director of UNEP, said microplastics cost at least eight billion dollars in damage to marine ecosystems annually.
Solheim said microplastics in the seas now outnumber stars in our galaxy adding, according to estimates, by 2050, 99 per cent of earth’s seabirds will have ingested plastic.