Bette Midler Gets Stuck
in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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TRASH TALK: What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

Fifty percent of the world’s plastic is single-purpose, meaning that it serves a purpose measured in minutes or days and then takes hundreds of years to decompose. Only nine percent of the world’s plastic is recycled, while every minute, the equivalent of two garbage trucks full of plastic, is dumped into the ocean. The world’s oceans help humanity to survive. Besides generating most of the oxygen that everybody breathes, they feed people and regulate the climate. Without healthy oceans, the world will suffer. As scientists have long known, life can flourish without land but cannot exist without oceans.

Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of microplastics in marine organisms

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Study Investigates Proliferation of Plastic in Waterways Around New York

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How Is Plastic Made? A Simple Step-By-Step Explanation

The Age of Plastic: From Parkesine to pollution

 

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