Plastic debris accounted for 77 , of which 93 was plastic bags.

But when I got there, I found lots of plastic garbage and other debris.

Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas.

The middle line is millions of tons of plastic debris accumulating in our ocean, and the third line is radioactive material leaking from Fukushima nuclear power plant in the Pacific Ocean.

According to two studies made in 1976 and 1978 in the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska, 40 to 60 per cent of bottom trawls collected plastic and metal debris.

One is if 80 to 90 percent of what we're finding in the ocean of the marine debris that we're finding in the ocean is plastic, then why don't we call it what it is.

Marine debris

Marine debris

In a survey conducted in Newport, Oregon, United States of America, 58 per cent of the fishermen indicated that they had experienced vessel problems owing to plastic debris and incurred an average expense of 2,725 per vessel.

(iv) Space debris

(v) Space debris

(i) Space debris

(b) Marine debris

(i) Space debris

Empty plastic water bottle

Recycling of plastic in many developing countries means the incineration of the plastic, the burning of the plastic, which releases incredible toxic chemicals and, once again, kills people.

Discussion Panel B Marine debris

And both in the production of plastic, the use of plastic and the disposal of plastic, the people who have the bull's eye on their foreheads are poor people.

It's a bad thing that plastic breaks down into smaller little bits, because it's always still plastic.

The introduction of a deposit scheme for plastic bottles in Germany boosted the plastic recycling rate significantly.

Sami is a plastic surgeon.

The Dirt on Plastic Waste

Plastic does not burn easily.

Plastic does not break easily.

Discussion Panel B (continued) Marine debris

(e) Report on the activities of the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee on space debris mitigation guidelines and supporting document , by the representative of the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC).

Mike Biddle We can recycle plastic

i have a cap from plastic

Sami was a prominent plastic surgeon.

Smaller species live in debris and humus.

And then turns it into light debris .

And then turns it into light debris .

We welcome the language on marine debris.

Dianna Cohen Tough truths about plastic pollution

Van Jones The economic injustice of plastic

Eben Bayer Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Sami placed plastic explosive near the window.

Sami stuck plastic explosive on the window.

Sami has never been into plastic surgery.

Sami was a prominent Cairo plastic surgeon.

Plastic explosives Other explosives and their precursors.

And these are just a few examples of companies that are buying our plastic, replacing virgin plastic, to make their new products.

Lost and abandoned fishing gear and related debris

National research on space debris, safety of space objects with nuclear power sources on board and problems relating to their collision with space debris

The view was expressed that the IADC space debris mitigation guidelines could be endorsed by the Subcommittee as the technical background to the document on space debris mitigation being developed in the framework of the Working Group on Space Debris.