Plastics on the Environment- Sea Animals

Plastic recycling is needed in this world because it is not just humans that are getting affected by it, but also animals. More specifically, the sea animals are getting the most affected. I am challenging the readers to go to English Bay and look if you can see plastics such as cans, bottles, and bags in the water. Greenpeace in “2006 report[ed] Plastic Debris in the World’s Oceans”[1], and they stated that “at least 267 different animal species are known to have suffered from entanglement and ingestion of plastic debris.”[2] .In Vancouver, if we start becoming less involved with protecting our shores, we will most likely lose sea animals that we take for granted such as salmon and crabs. In part two of my article, I will interview the fighters of the clean-up cause, which are the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup Group. I’ll ask them questions such as which places in Vancouver have the most plastic pollution? And we'll also ask many more questions within a similar realm. Stay tuned!

Written by: Inderpal Brar

[1] http://coastalcare.org/2009/11/plastic-pollution/
[2] http://coastalcare.org/2009/11/plastic-pollution/