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The Ocean Contains an Estimated 5 Trillion Pieces of Plastic

"A major new study of the world's oceans has reached a shocking conclusion: Thanks to humans, there are now over 5 trillion pieces of plastic, weighing more than 250,000 tons, floating in water around the world." - excerpt from article in The Washington Post.Rise Above Plastics.

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