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COVID-19 Has Worsened the Ocean Plastic Pollution Problem

2020-09-09 17:11:00| Waste Age

Eight million metric tons of plastic waste enter the oceans every year. This equates to one garbage trucks worth of plastic being dumped into our oceans every minute. The total weight is the equivalent of 90 aircraft carriers. On top of that, m [ more ]

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