PLASTIC WORLD


  • Photographer
    JAVIER SÁNCHEZ-MONGE ESCARDÓ
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    PERIODISTAS EN ESPAÑOL
  • Date of Photograph
    2014-12-04
  • Technical Info
    60/F10/ISO 100

The following series belongs to a long-term project based on the devastating environmental effects related to the use of plastics. Every year enough plastic is thrown to circle the earth four times, most of which is carried away by the ocean tides. Plastic pollution involves the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely affect wildlife, wildlife habitat, or humans. The plastics floating into the ocean contribute to the formation of ocean garbage patches which can measure more than 700,000 square km and constitute huge islands of waste. As these garbage patches circulate for long periods of time, they can cause serious health hazards to the human being and the marine ecosystems. The United Nations Environment Program estimated in 2006 that every square mile of ocean hosts 46,000 pieces of floating plastic and estimated the financial damage to marine ecosystems at US 13 billion each year. In the year 2016 countries like Senegal or Gambia have banned the use of plastic bags and in countries like Vietnam even the fishermen recycle the use of plastic bags.

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