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  2. The Ocean Cleanup - Wikipedia

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    The Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit environmental engineering organization based in the Netherlands that develops technology to extract plastic pollution from the oceans and to capture it in rivers before it can reach the ocean. Their initial focus was on the Pacific Ocean and its garbage patch, and extended to rivers in countries including ...

  3. Marine plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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    Marine plastic pollution is a type of marine pollution by plastics, ranging in size from large original material such as bottles and bags, down to microplastics formed from the fragmentation of plastic material. Marine debris is mainly discarded human rubbish which floats on, or is suspended in the ocean.

  4. Seaspiracy - Wikipedia

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    Seaspiracy ( / siːˈspɪrəsi /) is a 2021 documentary film about the environmental impact of fishing directed by and starring Ali Tabrizi, a British filmmaker. [1] The film examines human impacts on marine life and advocates for ending fish consumption . The film explores environmental issues affecting oceans, including plastic pollution ...

  5. Plastic pollution in the Mediterranean sea - Wikipedia

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    Studies conducted within the WWF Mediterranean Marine Initiative of 2019 have estimated that 0.57 million metric tons of plastic enter the Mediterranean Sea every year; this quantity corresponds to the dumping of 33.800 bottles made of plastic into waters every minute, representing important risks for marine ecosystems, human health, but also ...

  6. Plastic degradation by marine bacteria - Wikipedia

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    Plastic degradation in marine bacteria describes when certain pelagic bacteria break down polymers and use them as a primary source of carbon for energy.

  7. Microplastics - Wikipedia

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    Microplastics are fragments of any type of plastic less than 5 mm (0.20 in) in length, [1] according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [2] [3] and the European Chemicals Agency. [4] They cause pollution by entering natural ecosystems from a variety of sources, including cosmetics, clothing, food packaging, and ...