SAN FRANCISCO, California, USA --A life-size whale sculpture, located at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in San Francisco,was made to highlight the issue of ocean pollution and the amount of plastic that gets dumped into the sea, is made up of recycled materials such as plastic bottles, re-used toys and milk jugs;it has measurements of 84 feet, 11.6 inches long; 26 feet, 5.8 inches wide and reaches a height of 13 feet, 9.6 inches tall, setting the world record for the Largest Recycled Plastic Sculpture (Supported) .

Local artists Joel Dean Stockdill and Yustina Salnikova designed the whale and attempted to make it as life-like as possible.

“We created a life-sized blue whale to dramatize the scale of the problem,” said Julie Packard, Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. “As people view the installation, we hope they’re inspired to make changes in their own plastic consumption and will to join us in protecting ocean wildlife.”

The World's Largest Recycled Plastic Sculpture , which was made to highlight the issue of ocean pollution and the amount of plastic that gets dumped into the sea, is made up of recycled materials such as plastic bottles, re-used toys and milk jugs, among other items.

"Every nine minutes 300,000 pounds of plastic-- the weight of a blue whale -- makes its way into the ocean," an aquarium spokesperson said.

"To draw attention to this enormous problem, we built this life-sized installation to get the word out and educate people. It allows people to interact with the sculpture and experience the issue to scale."