What Happens to Plastic Jars and Things?

Wildlife eat them when they break into bits, thinking they are food, and eventually die of starvation.
This is the skeleton and stomach contents of an albatros who died of starvation. An estimated 10 million animals dies each year because of plastic that makes its way into the oceans.
Read about the problem here:

Submitted by anarres on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 9:14am
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