“Every second, more than 200 kilos of plastic reach the oceans.”

“It’s estimated that each year, 9.1 milliones of tonnes of plastic make their way from land based sources into the oceans.”

“5 billion plastic particles float on the sea surface. The Mediterranean accumulates around 1,455 tonnes of plastic on its surface.”

“70% of plastic accumulates on the sea bed, meaning that the waste that is visible to us is only the tip of the iceberg.”

“100% of sand samples from beaches around the world are contaminated by microplastics, tiny toxic particles that are mixed up with the sand.”

“It is estimated that each year, plastic kills one million seabirds and more than 100,000 marine mammals and turtles.”

“A study shows that plastic made up between 42% and 80% of the items ingested by fish collected in different areas of Mallorca and Ibiza.”

“In Spain, up to 50 million plastic beverage containers are placed on the market every day”

“In Spain, 5,000 million water bottles are used every year. Worldwide the number rises to around 89,000 million of water bottles yearly.”

“Each European citizen uses about 238 plastic bags per year. Each bag takes hundreds of years to begin to degrade, and the degradation process takes at least another 400 years.”

“In the US only, 500 millones straws are used each day.”

“Cigarette butts are one of the most littered items in the world. Each year, 4,950,000 million cigarette butts end up in the environment. One single cigarette butt can contaminate 7 liters of water in one hour.“