In less than 30 years, plastic is set to outnumber fish in our oceans. Single-use plastics make up to 90% of marine pollution found, with a staggering 12 million tonnes entering our oceans every year.

With World Ocean Day* on the horizon, we take a dive into the main threats to our blue planet and ideas to protect and restore our oceans.

Did you know?

• Other than incinerated plastics, the entire volume of plastic ever created is still on our planet in some form
• That leaves us with an estimated 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic marine pollution
• Plastic entanglement alone kills more than one million marine animals a year
• Toxic chemicals from micro plastics are migrating up the food chain, becoming part of the food we eat, and feed our children too.

Make a difference

We can all help to reduce the extent of marine pollution, simply by making more conscious choices.

Personal Pledge to Change – Personal initiatives make an impact. Why not pledge to stop using single-use plastics and find biodegradable alternatives to household items.

Get Plogging – Originating in Sweden, ‘plogging’ combines jogging and litter picking. Anyone can gather a team, rubbish bags to collect the litter, protective gloves and you’re ready to make a difference.

Join the Litterati app – On a mission to create a litter free world, this snap and share app aims to empower individuals to drive change through litter collection.

Host a cleanup event – A stream, lake, pond, river, bay…everything leads to the ocean after all. Recruit your volunteers from the local community and your clean-up crew is all set.

Shop sustainably – Our suede and recycled sea plastic collection uses Seaqual yarn. They work with the waste management and recycling industries to transform marine litter into Seaqual Sea Plastic.

*World Ocean Day is celebrated globally on 8^th June, propelling impactful action and raising awareness throughout the month.