We all know by now that plastic is terrible for the environment, but why? And just how bad is the damage? Watch More: What Would Happen To You If All The Bees Die? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IIQIsZIo7o Support Life Noggin on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LifeNogginStudios Follow Us! https://twitter.com/LifeNoggin https://facebook.com/LifeNoggin https://www.instagram.com/lifenoggin/ Click here to see more videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/lifenoggin Life Noggin is a weekly animated educational series. Whether it's science, pop culture, history or art, we explore it all and have a ton of fun doing it. Life Noggin Team: Director/Voice: http://lifenogg.in/patgraziosi Executive Producer: https://www.youtube.com/IanDokie Director of Marketing: http://lifenogg.in/JaredOban Animation by Steven Lawson Head Writer: http://lifenogg.in/KayleeYuhas Written by Michael Sago: https://twitter.com/michaelsago Sources: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/plastic-not-so-fantastic/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/31/what-happens-to-all-that-plastic/ http://www.seas.columbia.edu/earth/wtert/sofos/ACC_Final_Report_August23_2011.pdf http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/04/0429_020429_marinedebris.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728489/ http://www.environmentmassachusetts.org/sites/environment/files/reports/Bag%20Ban%20Fact%20Sheet%20_0.pdf http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/04/pesky-plastic-the-true-harm-of-microplastics-in-the-oceans/ http://www.unep.org/gpa/what-we-do/global-partnership-marine-litter/marine-litter-issue