Plastic pollution floating on the ocean surface
Fact sheet: Recycling is not enough to solve the plastics crisis

A meager 9% of all the plastic waste ever generated has been recycled.

plastic bottle floating in ocean
Just One Word: Refillables

Oceana analyzed packaging market data for the nonalcoholic beverages industry, the market share of PET bottles, and plastic marine pollution data in 76 coastal countries around the world to estimate the total amount of PET plastic bottle marine pollution and the potential of increasing the market share of refillable bottles to reduce marine pollution from PET bottles.

Plastic pollution floating on the ocean surface
Christmas without plastic