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Largest Ocean Cleanup Hauls 103 Tons of Plastic From the Pacific Ocean. Credit - https://mymodernmet.com/
Largest Ocean Cleanup Hauls 103 Tons of Plastic From the Pacific Ocean
July 10, 2020

Over the course of 48 days, an expedition to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch managed to haul an astonishing 103 tons of plastic from the ocean. The mission was run by Ocean Voyages Institute, a non-profit founded in 1979 to help preserve the world’s oceans.

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New research from NUI Galway and the University of Limerick has for the first time quantified the volume of plastic from European countries (EU, UK, Switzerland and Norway) that contributes to ocean littering from exported recycling. Credit: Shutterstock/NUI Galway
Study finds plastic recycling from Europe being dumped in Asian waters
July 1, 2020

New research from NUI Galway and the University of Limerick has for the first time quantified the volume of plastic from European countries (EU, UK, Switzerland and Norway) that contributes to ocean littering from exported recycling.

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 'Covid waste': disposable masks and latex gloves turn up on seabed. credit
'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in ocean
June 11, 2020

Conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could spark a surge in ocean pollution – adding to a glut of plastic waste that already threatens marine life – after finding disposable masks floating like jellyfish and waterlogged latex gloves scattered across seabeds.

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