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5 countries dump more plastic into the oceans than the rest of the world combined
Description: Trash floating on the ocean surface accounts for only 5 percent of all the plastic trash dumped into the sea. The other 95 percent is submerged beneath, where it strangles underwater creatures and wrecks the aquatic ecosystem. It turns out that five countries are the leading contributors to this crisis. In a recent report, Ocean Conservancy claims that China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam are spewing out as much as 60 percent of the plastic waste that enters the world's seas. [Source: PRI's The World]
URL: http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-01-13/5-countries-dump-more-plastic-oceans-rest-world-combined
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Source: PRI's The World
Publish Date: 1/13/2016
Reading Level: Basic
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