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Single-use plastics are on the chopping block, and for a good reason. Currently, 8 million metric tons of plastic find their way to the ocean annually, and those same plastics can harm or kill nearly 100,000 marine animals and 1 million seabirds.
The European Union alone consumes 46 billion bottles, 36 billion straws, 16 billion coffee cups and 2 billion cigarette butts, 86% of which can be found along the coastlines and in the ocean.
