Popular youtuber MrBeast (with over 75 million subscribers) went viral on a youtube video. This Involves him partnering up with TeamSeas in the journey to removing 13million kgs of plastic waste from the ocean. The video showcases beast collabing with local residents cleaning a beach, littered with plastic. (Click here to watch the full video) At the end of the video he announces that he is teaming up with TeamSeas and asking for viewers for help on removing over 30million pounds of plastic waste and trash from the seas by donating through the TeamSeas website. Up to now they where able to raise over $10 million in funds. They also removed 16 million pounds of trash because of the help of his viewers.
This has created massive impact with the plastic waste issue has it is a big problem. This includes the oceans as it is the main target for plastic waste to be dumped at. there is so much plastic waste in the seas, as a result when a group of researchers dived into the Mariana trench (the deepest oceanic trench on earth) 36,000 feet deep and found plastic waste floating in the deepest ocean in the world. This will allow for our oceans to be cleaner and sea creatures to live more freely.
If you wish to help out MrBeast remove 30 million pounds of waste from the oceans visit: teamseas.org and help our oceans get cleaner.