OCEAN POLLUTION: A GROWING ALARM

AUTHOR – SHIVAM YADAV* & ASHOK DOBHAL**

* STUDENT AT LAW COLLEGE DEHRADUN / UTTARANCHAL UNIVERSITY

** ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT LAW COLLEGE DEHRADUN / UTTARANCHAL UNIVERSITY

BEST CITATION – SHIVAM YADAV & ASHOK DOBHAL, OCEAN POLLUTION: A GROWING ALARM, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (10) OF 2025, PG. 136-141, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

INTRODUCTION

In present scenario the environment has facing plastic pollution in the world in different countries mainly those countries who has willing to increase the economy and most developed by the help of technology but there waste management infrastructure is insufficient but the oceans of the whole world is directly harmed by the impact of macro plastic items and degradation and convert in the form of micro plastic. the article only for awareness about the ocean pollution by the hazardous or harmful impact of plastic now it’s a duty of every citizen to take beneficial steps .In 2016 plastic waste management rules in the discussion or  the time to make international framework by the participate all over the countries are needed for protection of environment .plastic pollution also gave death of aquatic animals in the oceans due to impurity of water particles .also we have watch in covid 19 pandemic period the environment can recover the purities of nature but the time has end of the covid 19 pandemic is over the startup of industries or use of plastic is restart up or the oceans , rivers are badly impact of the impurities of the bad particles of the plastic .businessman only markable his own benefit but they had did not watch they harmed the environment or they did not watch the hazardous impact now it’s a time to every citizen is bound to protect the environment , bureaucrats’ representator , leaders to take steps for prohibition of the acts in the countries on the behalf of right to life or every citizen or everybody necessity to live and healthy and clean environment human as well as all living beings its directly recognize in Stockholm declaration.

Plastic pollution responsible for death of nine millions premature deaths per year, it necessary to control pollutions of the oceans and safeguard human health. the 80 % of ocean plastic come from land-based resources, and remaining come from 20% marine sources.