Sources of Marine Debris

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Scuba divers found a bike in the oceans near Grand Cayman

1. Materials can be dumped,swept, or blown off vessels and stationary platforms at sea

2. Debris from ships includes food waste pieces of wrecked vessels,fishing gear,lines,nets and bouys

3. Rough seas can also cause ships to lose cargo or gear overboard

1. There are little micro plastics that are not easy to remove

2. It will take 67 ships and it will take 1 year to clean up 1 percent of the pacific ocean

1. 100,000 turtles and marine mammals such as dolphins and others are killed by plastic marine litter every year around the world.

2.Some litter that is thrown into oceans can break down<br/>in more than 1 million years.

3. Six million tonnes of debris enters the world's oceans every year,weighing about the same as a million elephants.

Whether you call it trash garbage or just plain litter marine debris is a serious threat to the world's waters 

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