TEXT: "Only we humans make waste that nature can't digest." — Captain Charles Moore
TEXT: #OurOcean2014
TEXT: Farms.
TEXT: Plastics.
TEXT: Make our lives easier.
TEXT: But where does our waste go?
TEXT: To our ocean.
TEXT: 80% of marine pollution starts on land.
TEXT: Giant garbage patches
TEXT: threaten not only wildlife,
TEXT: but our safety and our health.
TEXT: Plastics not recycled
TEXT: account for over 60% of marine debris.
TEXT: Nutrient runoff
TEXT: overloads ecosystems,
TEXT: depleting oxygen
TEXT: and creating dead zones
TEXT: where life can not survive.
TEXT: We need a healthy ocean.
TEXT: It covers almost ¾ of our planet.
TEXT: We depend on it for life.
TEXT: How can we clean up our waste?
TEXT: Become part of the solution.
www.state.gov/ourocean/action
TEXT: Produced by the U.S. Department of State
TEXT: Footage courtesy of AP Images, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife