- Target:
- California Bay Area
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- www.mnn.com
Plastic has become an increasing problem in the US over the past decade. Since 2007, Americans have been using 5 pounds of plastic everyday. All of this plastic waste is overwhelming our earth. In fact, 90% of the ocean floor is covered with plastic.
The Great Garbage Patch, (a floating mass of trash in the Pacific Ocean) is 25% plastic - that's 46,000 pounds of debris. There is so much plastic in the ocean that it outweighs the amount of plankton by 6:1.
Plastic pollution needs to be stopped before it does any more damage to the environment.
We, the undersigned, pledge to reduce plastic use by using reusable water bottles, refusing plastic bags and reusing coffee mugs.
You can further help this campaign by sponsoring it
The Reduce our usage of Plastic! petition to California Bay Area was written by Sophie Siminoff and is in the category Environment at GoPetition.