In 2017, BBC series ‘BLUE PLANET II’ addressed an uncomfortable truth: Every year, 8 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the world’s oceans - and it’s our fault. Plastic pollution has since become big news. But what can be done to tackle one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time?
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Sergio Hanquet / Face mask, used as PPE during Covid-19, improperly disposed of in the sea, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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Sergio Hanquet / Face mask, used as PPE during Covid-19, improperly disposed of in the sea, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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Sergio Hanquet / Face mask, used as PPE during Covid-19, improperly disposed of in the sea, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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Sergio Hanquet / Face mask, used as PPE during Covid-19, improperly disposed of in the sea, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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Tony Wu / A tangle of fishing nets, lines, hooks and other garbage found floating in the Indian Ocean. There was a small community of fish associated with this trash, but also fish that had been entangled and k...
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Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Plastic waste in the ocean along with Indo-Pacific sergeant, (Abudefduf vaigiensis) Green Island, a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean , Taiwan
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Sergio Hanquet / Tangled fishing net floating as litter in sea.
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David Fleetham / Plastic waste discarded at sea washed up by trade winds onto Molokai Island, Hawaii. July.
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Angelo Gandolfi / Ray (Raja sp.) fish catch and plastic water bottles on a small fishing boat, Mediterranean sea. 'By 2050 there could be more plastic in the ocean than there is fish' Ellen McArthur Foundation
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Roland Seitre / Waste in sea at Porto Moniz, Portugal, May 2013.
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Seth Patterson / A compilation of items found washed up along a half mile stretch of the high tide line of South Padre Island, Texas. October 2016. Some of the plastic bottles and bags of signs of nip marks from hun...
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Sue Daly / Plastic bag floating in the sea, resembling a jellyfish swimming Dangerous to sea turtles
