Plastic Waste on Ocean Floors Could Be 100 Times Amount Floating on Surface

The amount of plastic waste littering the Earth’s ocean floors could be up to 100 times the quantity floating on the surface, according to a study published this week. Researchers at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) — an Australian government agency — and the University of Toronto in Canada found that up to 11 million tons of plastic are polluting the planet’...

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