Ocean plastic

There is a group selling bracelets for $20 and the money is used to clean up the ocean. They say over 2 million pounds have been removed through their efforts. They have found a way to make some money but it is doubtful that they can even make a dent in the problem. Of the 260 million tons of plastic the world produces each year, about 10 percent ends up in the Ocean, according to a Greenpeace report (Plastic Debris in the World's Oceans, 2006). Seventy percent of the mass eventually sinks, damaging life on the seabed This report shows that 50 billion pounds of plastic goes into the ocean each year and that was in 2006 so the amount is likely higher today. 95% of this plastic comes from Asia and that is where to start fixing the problem.