We cannot wait until it’s too late. Everyday more and more plastic enters our oceans, we cannot stand it. He should do something about it and it should be as fast as possible.

“The plastic you use once, tortures the oceans forever”

-Anonymous

It is expected that in 2025 almost 90% of the oceans are going to have at least one type of plastic pollution in their waters. It is a problem that is increasing very rapidly and we are not doing anything to solve it. We should take action and stop making excuses.

“Each and every animal on earth has as much right to be here as you and me”

-Anonymous

Every year we seem to get closer and closer to extinction. Today there are 41,415 endangered species on the IUCN’s (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List. This just means one thing. All the effort that we have put into saving our planet has not been enough. Personal benefits have been before anything, even before our own continuation in this planet.

If we don’t do something now we are condemned to lose everything that we have worked so hard to achieve. And I’m not talking about money or physical goods here, I’m talking about our planet.

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