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Approximately 8.8 million tons of plastic enters the ocean from land each year ( one dump truck full of plastic per minute !), and plastic straws are among the most common types of litter picked up during beach cleanups .
In fact , there ’ s so much marine debris in the ocean , there ’ s something called the “ Great Pacific Garbage Patch ,” which is a floating collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean . Trash makes its way into the ocean through dumping and also through litter and trash on land being washed into waterways by rain . Then , current and weather patterns push debris together into two big piles , and since most of the debris is not biodegradable — like plastic — the garbage patch just grows and grows . Because of these current patterns , a plastic bottle thrown on the ground in
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