海洋废物每年要导致一百万海鸟和100,000海生哺乳动物（海豹、鲸鱼和海豚）因为溺水、窒息或饥饿而死去。
Marine debris causes the death by drowning, suffocation, or starvation of some one million seabirds and around 100,000 marine mammals (seals, whales, and dolphins) every year, not to mention the hazard posed to shipping by sea junk.