European Parliament, Xi Jinping: President of China , ASEAN : Stop the plastic Pollution

Whales that starve with a full stomach, because they have eaten indigestible plastic sheeting, seabirds, the strangulation in the steep walls  in power residues, seals with centimeter deep wounds by plastic waste, which cut them deeper and deeper into the flesh.

There are  trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean.

Plastic is durable, but in the course time porous and disintegrates into smaller and smaller fragments.

Marine litter is a global problem that affects every ocean in the world. Litter is an environmental, human health and socio-economic problem that is a symptom of a highly disposable society.

With worldwide growth in the amount of solid litter thrown away every day, combined with the slow rates of degradation, the amount of litter ending up in the marine environment is increasing.

Each year ,at least 8 million tonnes of plastics leak into the oceans-Paper ,textile, glass, rubber, wood, metal, ceramics, plastics.

  This is clear with the problem of 'ghost gear,' the result of fishing vessels abandoning or losing their fishing nets, lines, and other gear in the ocean–which then cause major problems for marine life and kills millions of Dolphins, Whales, Sharks, Seaturtles, Seals, Seabirds.

WE MUST ACT NOW  -   BEFORE ITS TOO LATE-THERE IS NO PLANET B  !!!!!

I demand:

-Cleanup the oceans

-Ban Plastic Bags worldwide

-Urging companies to cut packaging

-remove ghost gear , fishing vessels, lost nets from the oceans

- free waste disposal in  all ports worldwide

-Improving the general public's awareness, concern, and attitude towards littering

-Reducing the use of plastic and other materials for disposable packaging

Please sign and share the Petition!

Please help with:

- reduce the plastic use

https://www.lifewithoutplastic.com/store/ca/10_easy_tips_for_living_with_less_plastic 

-Avoiding cosmetics with microbeads

-dont use  plastic shopping bags

-Bringing your  own cup

-Shrinking the  plastic footprint

-Urging firms to cut packaging

-Trying to get plastic removed from my workplace

-Use only glass or steel straws

-Cleaning the beach

-refuse single use plastic straws

-support recycling and upcycling shops

Background:

Sources of marine debris include:

-Items that are brought to the beach and left there by beachgoers;

-Garbage deliberately or accidentally discarded by ships at sea or from offshore oil platforms; and

--Material carried to sea by rivers and estuaries , especially from large coastal cities.
City storm sewers are a significant source of solid waste entering the sea from land sources.

Aside from its unsightly appearance and potential impact to human health, marine debris has harmful effects on wildlife. Fish, birds, marine mammals, reptiles, and other animals can become entangled in discarded or lost nets that continue to do what they were designed to do—catch living animals—but now they catch them indiscriminately, a process called "ghost fishing." Items unintended for fishing become traps.

Woven plastic onion sacks floating in the sea have entrapped endangered hawksbill sea turtles. Plastic bags become invisible to birds diving for.

Links: http://www.cleanseas.org/take-action

 http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/uno-konferenz-in-nairobi-wo-kommt-das-ganze-plastik-im-ozean-her-a-1258024.html

http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Po-Re/Pollution-of-the-Ocean-by-Plastic-and-Trash.html#ixzz4BXoDsZQc

 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150109-oceans-plastic-sea-trash-science-marine-debris/