The pandemic has also impacted our oceans

Here's how

Plastic waste from the Covid-19 pandemic weighing 25,900 tonnes has leaked into the ocean.

The pandemic has generated an estimated 8.4m tonnes of plastic waste.

PPEs, masks, gloves, testing kits, plastic waste from the hospitals- all of it is transported over long distances into our oceans.

This waste encounters marine wildlife and causes injury or even …