Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Blue. Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Depicts 78,000 plastic water bottles, equal to 1/10,000th of the estimated number of people in the world who lack access to safe drinking water © Chris Jordan

Blue. Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Depicts 78,000 plastic water bottles, equal to 1/10,000th of the estimated number of people in the world who lack access to safe drinking water © Chris Jordan

Caps seurat. Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Caps Seurat. Depicts 400,000 plastic bottle caps, equal to the average number of plastic bottles consumed in the United States every minute © Chris Jordan

Gyre. Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Gyre. Depicts 2.4 million pieces of plastic, equal to the estimated number of pounds of plastic pollution that enter the world's oceans every hour. All of the plastic in this image was collected from the Pacific Ocean © Chris Jordan

Caps seurat. Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Caps Seurat. Depicts 400,000 plastic bottle caps, equal to the average number of plastic bottles consumed in the United States every minute © Chris Jordan

Gyre II. Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Gyre II. Depicts 50,000 cigarette lighters, equal to the estimated number of pieces of floating plastic in every square mile in the world's oceans © Chris Jordan © Chris Jordan

Gyre II. Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Gyre II. Depicts 50,000 cigarette lighters, equal to the estimated number of pieces of floating plastic in every square mile in the world's oceans © Chris Jordan

Over the Moon. Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Over the moon. Depicts 29,000 credit cards, equal to the average number of personal bankruptcy filings every week in the US in 2010 © Chris Jordan

Venus. Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Venus. Depicts 240,000 plastic bags, equal to the estimated number of plastic bags consumed around the world every ten seconds © Chris Jordan

Venus. Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Venus. Depicts 240,000 plastic bags, equal to the estimated number of plastic bags consumed around the world every ten seconds © Chris Jordan

Whale. Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Whale. Depicts 50,000 plastic bags, equal to the estimated number of pieces of floating plastic in every square mile in the world's oceans © Chris Jordan

Whale. Running the numbers, Chris Jordan

Whale. Depicts 50,000 plastic bags, equal to the estimated number of pieces of floating plastic in every square mile in the world's oceans © Chris Jordan