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Plastic bags and food packages killing Australia’s marine animals
A sperm whale with 135 different plastic items in its stomach, mostly soft plastic bags, is among the many victims of plastics pollution in research recently reviewed by the CSIRO.
Key points:
- Flexible plastics like bags cause the greatest number of deaths of all marine animals, according to a CSIRO research review
- Fishing nets cause fatalities in larger animals, and balloons, ropes and rubber are threats to smaller fauna
- The CSIRO says plastics pollution is easier to tackle than climate change or food demand
Soft plastics have now been confirmed as posing the greatest threat to many marine animals, with fishing debris threatening larger species, and balloons, ropes and rubber posing a great risk to the smaller species.
When marine animals…
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