NEW WAVE
(WorldNews Norway)

The numbers are overwhelming, over eight million tons of plastic waste are ending up in our oceans every year, every square kilometer of the deep sea contains over four billion plastic microfibers and over 269,000 tons of plastic waste is visibly floating on the surface of the water. The magnitude of this problem is further highlighted by the finding of a plastic bag at the bottom of the Mariana Trench - the ocean`s deepest point at 36,000ft. Although some of the waste can be attributed to fishing equipment...