BY the year 2050 it’s estimated there will be more plastic than fish in the sea.

    And so, in a determined effort to change that, one international photographer is using a mythical creature of the ocean to lead the fight.

    Benjamin Von Wong from Quebec, Canada, hopes mermaids will help teach people about the damage being done to the earth by plastic bottles.

    Currently in Australia, the photographer is promoting a recent shoot showcasing the mythical creature drowning in a sea of plastic — proving how much “mermaids hate plastic.”

    The shoot took a rather epic amount of work over the course of a week, with lots of time spent cleaning up the bottles, arranging them in patterns, and tweaking the massive warehouse setup.

    The end result was an incredible series of pictures, mixing the mermaid’s beauty with the stark reality of the toll plastic bottles are taking on the ocean.

    “I think this is my proudest showcase,” Von Wong told Daily Mail Australia.

    Inside a warehouse in the United States, Von Wong and an army of volunteers set out to create a mermaid wonderland with 10,000 plastic bottles.

    Over three days the team set up a variety of dynamic photoshoots, carefully sorting bottles to create the mermaid masterpiece.

    “It took 25 people two days to clean the 10,000 plastic bottles,” Von Wong said.

    “I didn’t want them to represent brands, and also wanted them to be clean so the warehouse we used for the shoot wouldn’t become sticky.”

    The photographer’s Change.org petition has already received close to 9,000 supporters.

    He hopes that by showing how much “mermaids hate plastic,” the world may be able to help its oceans.(SD-Agencies)