These countries produce the most plastic pollution in our oceans – and they’re not the ones you might have guessed

There are likely hundreds of trillions of pieces of plastic floating around the world’s oceans - and one country has been named the worst polluter.

Millions of tons of plastic end up in Earth’s water bodies every year, and less than 10 percent of the world’s annual plastic production is recycled, according to the World Health Organization. Ocean plastic pollution can carry disease, harm wildlife, and alter the ocean’s critical role taking in carbon dioxide and helping to regulate the planet’s climate.