Tiny Island in the Middle of the Pacific Littered with Highest Density of Trash in World
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Associated Press] by Nick Perry - May 16, 2017
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - When researchers travelled to a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they were astonished to find an estimated 38 million pieces of trash washed up on the beaches.
Almost all of the garbage they found on Henderson Island was made from plastic. There were toy soldiers, dominos, toothbrushes and hundreds of hardhats of every shape, size and colour.
The researchers say the density of trash was the highest recorded anywhere...
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