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World-First Study Reveals That There Is up to 100x More Plastic on the Ocean Floor Than the Surface


New research conducted by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and the University of Toronto in Canada, estimates up to 11 million tons of plastic pollution is sitting on the ocean floor. Every minute, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic enters the ocean. With plastic use expected to double

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