How waste plastic affect the ocean?

By Xiaoqian Li

Topic: Environment

Medium: Object

Institute: Politecnico di Milano

Year: a.a. 2019-2020

The world now produces more than 380 million tonnes of plastic every year, which could end up as pollutants, entering oceans. Many marine ecological environments are seriously polluted by plastic and threatening the survival of marine life.

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Metaphor used:

Use real waste plastic made data visualization instead of graphic charts

Intended Meaning:

Plastic pollution is everywhere, but people may lack some understanding of the impact of plastic on the ocean. These data visualizations through real plastic products to show people to remind them the current situation.

Source:

https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution
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