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According to a scientific estimate, almost 80,000 metric tons of plastic has built up in an area often referred to as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." The massive pile of swirling trash, located between California and Hawaii, was found to have had the highest concentration of plastic ever recorded in one area. Of the estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic, microplastics - small plastic pieces less than 5 millimeters long - accounted for about 8 percent of the total trash afloat an area of 1.6 million square kilometers. [Source: CNBC]
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