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What is Marine Debris? |
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Marine = Ocean / Sea
Debris =Trash,
Marine Debris is any trash that ends up in the ocean. |
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Marine Debris washed up on a beach of small islamd |
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Even though trash is made in one country, it can move across the sea to many other countries. Over a billion pounds of trash are dumped in the ocean yearly.
Plastic, glass, cloth, old fishing gear, metal, rubber, and boats are common types of ocean trash. This trash makes the ocean dirty and can hurt a lot of fish, sea plants, and sea animals.
When this trash ends up on beaches, it makes them dirty and can damage the homes of animals, insects, and plants on land. |
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What kind of trash become Marine Debris? |
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All the trash that shouldn't be in the ocean becomes ocean garbage, also called "marine debris." |
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| toothbrush |
buoy |
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| broken plastic fork |
grill cleaner |
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| propane gas tank |
refrigerator |
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| plastic shoe sole |
plastic bottle |
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| fluorescent light |
fishing net |
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| bicycle tire |
lighter |
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| detergent bottle |
buoy & plastic containers |
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| plastic pallet |
net & ropes |
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| paper container |
torch |
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| helmet |
buoy |
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| shoe |
supplement drink bottle |
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| plastic pallet |
styrofoam |
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| cosmetic container |
rubber material |
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| rubber boot |
glass bottle |
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| ink cartridge |
styrofoam |
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| pills |
plastic pieces |
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| toy soldier and pieces of plastics and glass |
nurdles (very small plastic pellets used to
produce plastic products) |
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