New footage captures heaps of plastic waste on the beaches of Argentina’s Valdes peninsula. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman reports.
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00:00New footage captures heaps of plastic waste on the beaches of Argentina's Valdez Peninsula.
00:05The trash washes ashore after having been thrown into the sea by the fishing industry.
00:09The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO,
00:14calls the Valdez Peninsula a site of global significance for the conservation of marine mammals,
00:19especially the southern right whale, southern elephant seals, and southern sea lions.
00:24Biologist Diego Gonzalez Ceballos says that when plastic waste degrades, it can turn into microplastics.
00:30Quote, they start forming part of the trophic chains of species, meaning many species consume them.
00:35We are talking about marine invertebrates like fish, and this leads us to a direct impact on human health.
00:41According to The Guardian, 9 million U.S. tons of plastic pollution are estimated to enter the ocean every year.