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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Located in the region of North Pacific Boundaries, the GPGP occupies 1.6 million square kilometres, twice the size of Texas and three times the size of France.
Image credit: Engineers without Borders UK
5.3 trillion
pieces of plastics in the ocean
3%
of world deaths are related to unsafe inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene
80%
of marine debris from the land

Infographics Image Credit: rqmicro (rapid quantitative microbiology)
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