The purpose of the article is to show how urging the problem of plastic in the ocean is. Not only is it growing at an alarming rate, but it is also detrimental to a wide majority of marine species as well as the ocean as a whole. As explained by the author Nadia Goulet, the problem comes from the fact that most of our plastic is not reusable. Therefore, after only one use, it goes to waste. One important statistic was that 79% of all plastic waste goes in the ocean annually. Furthermore, since it takes a very long time for plastic to disintegrate, many animals consume it without knowing. In…