Marine litter ruins our economies and jeopardises our health

Plastics break down over time, becoming microplastics, permeating throughout our environment, impossible to see but permeating throughout our environment, impossible to catch and dangerous to the ecosystems, our economies (tourism, fisheries, etc.), and our health.

The more we wait, the more expensive it is to repair

As we have seen with climate change, fixing the problem costs far more than preventing it in the first place. And this is just the very beginning.

The real cost of a product is not the price you pay for it. It is also the cost of its social and environmental impact :

Let’s take the example of a plastic bag (probably only used for a few minutes) that becomes unmanaged waste.

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The real cost is the additional damages to the local ecosystems, which then spreads further afield to the pollution of air, water and soil, contributing to climate change in terms of :

  • oil extraction, manufacturing, transportation
  • waste collection and treatment (landfill, etc.)
  • effort required to remove it from the environment and then dispose of it
  • if it is not removed, the plastic bag will degrade further in a river bed or in the ocean, possibly killing mammals or birds or entering the food chain
  • generating neurodegenerative diseases, premature deaths ...

The real cost is the additional damages to the local ecosystems, which then spreads further afield to the pollution of air, water and soil, contributing to climate change in terms of:

  • oil extraction, manufacturing, transportation
  • waste collection and treatment (landfill, etc.)
  • effort required to remove it from the environment and then dispose of it
  • if it is not removed, the plastic bag will degrade further in a river bed or in the ocean, possibly killing mammals or birds or entering the food chain
  • generating neurodegenerative diseases, premature deaths ...

Marine litter ruins our economies and jeopardises our health

Plastics break down over time, becoming microplastics, permeating throughout our environment, impossible to see but permeating throughout our environment, impossible to catch and dangerous to the ecosystems, our economies (tourism, fisheries, etc.) and our health.

The more we wait, the more expensive it is to repair

As we have seen with climate change, fixing the problem costs far more than preventing it in the first place. And this is just the very beginning.

The real cost of a product is not the price you pay for it. It is also the cost of its social and environmental impact :

Let’s take the example of a plastic bag (probably only used for a few minutes) that becomes unmanaged waste.