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Plastic Pollution: What Happens To The Plastic After It Enters The Ocean?

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Firstpost

Publication Date
2021-03-08

Of the hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic waste we produce each year, it’s estimated that around ten million tonnes enter the ocean. Roughly half of the plastics produced are less dense than water, and so they float. But scientists estimate that there are only about 0.3 million tonnes of plastic floating at the ocean surface, so where is the rest of it going?

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https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/plastic-pollution-what-happens-to-the-plastic-after-it-enters-the-ocean-9390831.html