GLOBAL POLLUTION BY NUMBERS

4.2 million

Deaths caused by air pollution globally every year

10 million tonnes

Five times the UK’S annual plastic consumption is dumped into the ocean every year

46,000 pieces

Every square mile of ocean contains plastics weighing up to 269,000 tonnes

9/10

The majority of people on Earth are exposed to air pollution levels that can increase risk of diseases

Oil tanker accidents account for 10 to 15 per cent of all oil that enters the ocean each year

1 million

The number of marine animals killed by plastic each year

386 billion litres

The US releases over 150,000 Olympic Swimming pools of untreated water annually into the environment