992 marine debris balls were recovered from the world’s oceans

The series PENALTY by Mandy Barker, aims to create awareness about the issue of marine pollution by focusing attention on the football as a single plastic object and global symbol that could reach an international audience. The project involved the collaboration with members of the public from around the world after a call via social media for people to collect and post footballs they found in the sea or on the shoreline.

According to a study published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE, the end of 2014 the number of plastic objects, polluting the world’s oceans has exceeded 5.25 trillion. Total weight of waste – 268,940 tons.

In total 992 marine debris balls were recovered from the world’s oceans in just 4 months. 769 footballs and pieces of, with 223 other types of balls were collected from 41 different countries and islands and from 144 different beaches, by 89 members of the public.

ALASKA – No. 962
(PENALTY series – marine debris football)

HONG KONG No. 768
(PENALTY series – marine debris football)

GUADELOUPE – NO. 913
(PENALTY series – marine debris football)

AUSTRALIA No. 666
(PENALTY series – marine debris football)

BRAZIL No. 753
(PENALTY series – marine debris football)

GERMANY No.734
(PENALTY series – marine debris football)

FRANCE No. 865
(PENALTY series – marine debris football)

UNITED STATES No.724
(PENALTY series – marine debris football)

GREECE No. 281
(PENALTY series – marine debris football)

SINGAPORE No. 673
(PENALTY series – marine debris football)

MILES 42671899 No. 756
(PENALTY series – marine debris football)

24 marine debris footballs collected from various beaches around the world.
(PENALTY series).

Source — Mandy Barker