In 2010, 8 million tons of plastic ended up in the ocean, and each year the amount is increasing. This plastic has turned up all over the ocean, from being found in the deep sea to being buried in Arctic Ice.

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8 million tons of plastic dumped into the oceam each year!

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In 2010, 8 million tons of plastic ended up in the ocean, and
each year the amount is increasing. This plastic has turned
up all over the ocean, from being found in the deep sea to
being buried in Arctic Ice.
It has been ingested with dire consequences by some 700
species of marine wildlife. Last year the estimated amount of
plastic floating on the ocean’s surface was 245,000 tons.
What’s this about?

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What is responsible?
China is ranked number 1
for generating the greatest
amount of ocean-bound
trash, with the US at 20th.
The other top 20 countries
include 11 other Asian
countries, five African
countries and Brazil.

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Garbage in the ocean
Jambeck and her team
combined population and
economic data from 192
coastal countries.
These countries create 275
million tons of garbage
annually of which up to
12.7 million tons of plastic
flowed into the oceans.

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Where is all the plastic?
The gap between what is found floating and what flows
into the ocean is so large, scientists now have to figure out
where else it collects and in what amounts.

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