Choose the alternative that fills in the gaps from the paragraph below:

“___________________ the United Nations, at least 800 species worldwide are affected by marine debris, and as much as 80 percent of that litter is plastic. It is estimated that _______ 13 million metric tons of plastic ends up in the ocean each year the equivalent of a rubbish or garbage truck load’s _______________ every minute. Fish, seabirds, sea turtles, and marine mammals can become entangled in or ingest plastic debris, causing suffocation, starvation, and drowning. Humans are not immune to this threat: While plastics are estimated to take up to hundreds of years to fully decompose, some of them break down much quicker into tiny particles, ______________ in turn end up in the seafood we eat.”