A dead green sea turtle washed up on the shore of a Mediterranean beach littered with plastic waste, a sobering reminder of the impact of our waste crisis.
These majestic animals are dying in alarming numbers after they mistake tiny fragments of plastic because they look like jellyfish and crustaceans.
Unlike seabirds, they cannot regurgitate the material meaning their guts become blocked, causing them to die of starvation. Nearly all species of sea turtle are classified as endangered, and plastic is doing more than its share of damage. Globally it's estimated that approximately 52% of all sea turtles have eaten plastic.
