DEGRADATION RATE

OF PLASTIC WASTE  

 

  • Balloons never disappear
  • Plastic bottles and cups need 450 years to degradate
  • Plastic can holder need 400 years
  • The Starbucks paper-plastic cup need at least 50 years
  • Cigarette butts need up to 5 years!!
  • Paper tissues need 2-4 weeks

 

Illustration Christoph Kellner // studio animanova
for Kids for the Ocean - the book.

 

our life is way to plastic....

Just around the corner, 95% of Northern Fulmar (fulmaris glacialis  "Eissturmvogel") are affected by plastic digestion.. Researched in the North-Sea coastlines, Sylt.