This statistic illustrates the notoriety of the phenomenon of plastic waste in the world ocean with the French in 2015. We learn that that year, a third of the French knew about the phenomenon of the "7th continent" and knew exactly what it was. 'was.
Seventh continent: notoriety of the phenomenon of plastic waste in the world ocean with the French in 2015 *
* The question was formulated by the source as follows: "The 7th Continent symbolizes masses of plastic waste concentrated in the global ocean. 80% of the plastics present at sea come from the human activity on the continents and no ocean is preserved by this massive presence of plastics (270 000 tons identified as on the surface of the ocean). Microscopic and invisible to the naked eye, these plastics carry endocrine disruptors, heavy metals and other pollutants. They are so many traps for biodiversity, fish, marine mammals and birds.
Have you ever heard of the 7th continent? "
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IFOP. (November 23, 2015). Seventh continent: notoriety of the phenomenon of plastic waste in the world ocean with the French in 2015 * [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/769118/seventh-continent-waste-plastics-ocean-notoriety-among-french/
IFOP. "Seventh continent: notoriety of the phenomenon of plastic waste in the world ocean with the French in 2015 *." Chart. November 23, 2015. Statista. Accessed March 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/769118/seventh-continent-waste-plastics-ocean-notoriety-among-french/
IFOP. (2015). Seventh continent: notoriety of the phenomenon of plastic waste in the world ocean with the French in 2015 *. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/769118/seventh-continent-waste-plastics-ocean-notoriety-among-french/
IFOP. "Seventh Continent: Notoriety of The Phenomenon of Plastic Waste in The World Ocean with The French in 2015 *." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Nov 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/769118/seventh-continent-waste-plastics-ocean-notoriety-among-french/
IFOP, Seventh continent: notoriety of the phenomenon of plastic waste in the world ocean with the French in 2015 * Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/769118/seventh-continent-waste-plastics-ocean-notoriety-among-french/ (last visited March 11, 2025)
Seventh continent: notoriety of the phenomenon of plastic waste in the world ocean with the French in 2015 * [Graph], IFOP, November 23, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/769118/seventh-continent-waste-plastics-ocean-notoriety-among-french/
