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 # Cleaning Our Oceans Begins on Land

 

##### The Imperative of Tri-Sector Commitment to Eliminate Marine Debris

 

 

 Aug 24, 2018 2:00 PM ET

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[Cleaning our Oceans Begins on Land](https://www.pyxeraglobal.org/cleaning-oceans-begins-land/)

By: Tamta Revazishvili, Catesby Wolski, and Laura Branker





Whether beach strolling on the east coast of the United States or along Manila Bay, you can expect to see a sharp contrast between natural beauty and a spectacle of plastic waste. Sullied beaches are just one manifestation of an ecological crisis that continues to expand unabated as the hand-wringing and debate struggles to yield substantive commitments to address the waste challenge. Worldwide, 73 percent of beach litter is plastic, the ubiquitous material that benefits and harms our wellbeing in equal measures.





Our relationship with plastic is a dilemma. Today, plastic is found in everything from cars to medical devices to food packaging. While plastic chokes oceans and inflicts untold damage to marine species, it also delivers significant benefits to society.





Yet the problem goes far beyond that eye sore on your local beach. Ocean plastic kills millions of marine animals every year. Progressively breaking down into smaller fragments as the material degrades, [microplastics](https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/microplastics.html) are often mistaken for food, thereby entering the food chain. Chemicals added to plastics can be absorbed into the tissues of fish, presenting a real threat to human and wildlife health. Microplastics are found everywhere in the ocean. Even in the deepest depths, ocean residents cannot escape it. On some isolated Hawaiian beaches, it was determined that as much as [15 percent](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/06/plastic-planet-waste-pollution-trash-crisis/) of the sand is actually grains of microplastics.

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