TEXT: #OurOcean2014

TEXT: Farms.

TEXT: Plastics.

TEXT: Make our lives easier.

TEXT: But where does our waste go?

TEXT: To our ocean.

TEXT: 80% of marine pollution starts on land.

TEXT: Giant garbage patches

TEXT: threaten not only wildlife,

TEXT: but our safety and our health.

TEXT: Plastics not recycled

TEXT: account for over 60% of marine debris.

TEXT: Nutrient runoff

TEXT: overloads ecosystems,

TEXT: depleting oxygen

TEXT: and creating dead zones

TEXT: where life can not survive.

TEXT: We need a healthy ocean.

TEXT: It covers almost ¾ of our planet.

TEXT: We depend on it for life.

TEXT: How can we clean up our waste?

TEXT: Become part of the solution.

www.state.gov/ourocean/action

TEXT: Produced by the U.S. Department of State

TEXT: Footage courtesy of AP Images, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife