most people try to recycle

carefully putting their plastic waste in a container

having it hauled off every week for recycling

they probably believe they are saving the planet

but are most likely unaware of the the real facts

plastic trash gets sorted for recycling

less than ten percent is actually recycled

which leaves more than ninety percent to be disposed

some of it goes into landfills

some gets shipped to other countries for who knows what

a lot finds its way into the oceans

a blue whale size amount of plastic waste

is dumped into the oceans every nine minutes

that is one hundred and sixty plastic blue whales every day

fifty eight thousand blue plastic whales every year

five million blue plastic whales in your lifetime

recycling is not the answer

we have to stop using so much plastic

governments must act

industry must develop alternatives

to stop dumping a blue whale size amount of plastic into the oceans

every nine minutes