Shocking facts about ocean pollution

Hello, my darlings. If you follow my stories @pampeya, then you already know that yesterday we were together with #AXAATOUTCOEUR helped volunteers from a charity foundation @surfrider_paris.
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Hooray!
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The cleanup was a success; in just 1 hour we collected a whole cart of garbage from the river and embankment. My personal result is 536 discarded cigarette filters.

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After collecting the garbage, we sorted it out:

• plastic,
• glass,
• paper,
• textile,
• metal, etc.

Everything had to be put into different bags. After the event, volunteers told us shocking facts about ocean pollution:

• 80% of trash in the ocean are plastic bottles.
• Next on the list are: cigarette filters, plastic packaging and bags, aluminum cans.
• Between 5 and 13 billion tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year.
• 90% birds living near the ocean have plastic in their stomachs.
• 1 cigarette filter pollutes 500 liters of water.
• In France alone, 30 billion cigarette filters end up in the water every year.

Plastic practically does not decompose; through water, fish, salt and even beer, microparticles enter our body and remain in it forever.
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Do you know why plastic is dangerous for birds? It fills the stomach and the birds do not feel hungry, and then they die from lack of nutrition.
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How to be?
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Before buying anything, it is recommended to use the 5R rule of responsible consumption:
• Refuser – refuse,
• Réduire – if you can’t refuse, reduce consumption,
• Réparer – to repair,
• Réutiliser – use again,
• Recycler – recycle.
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If you are touched by the problems of wildlife and you feel the need to help, go to the fund’s profile @surfrider.
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Here you can find out more information, sign up to volunteer or make a donation.

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Write in the comments about your volunteering experience, what organizations you support, what touches or inspires you most...