- There are currently 3091 active landfills and over 10000 old landfills no longer in use
- The average American produces 3.5 lbs of trash a day
- If we were to have one giant landfill for all the trash it would cover 250 square acres and be 400 feet deep
- 100,000 marine animals die every year from plastic entanglement
- Around 1 million seabirds die from ingesting plastic
- There is an estimated 315 million pounds of trash in our oceans right now
- There are currently five larges patches of garbage in our oceans, they are growing every day and threaten ecosystems and animals
The statistics are staggering. We need to begin to chance our actions NOW if we plan to help the planet.