Study Finds Rising Levels of Plastics in Oceans Photo Some eight million metric tons of plastic waste makes its way into the world's oceans each year, and the amount of the debris is likely to
increase greatly over the
next decade unless nations take strong measures to dispose of their trash responsibly, new research suggests.
Photo Some eight million metric tons of plastic waste makes its way into the world's oceans each year, and the amount of the debris is likely to
increase greatly over the
next decade unless nations take strong measures to dispose of their trash responsibly, new research suggests.