160 Turtles Caught In Plastic Waste, Rescued From Bangladesh Beach

160 Turtles Caught In Plastic Waste, Rescued From Bangladesh Beach

About 160 sea turtles, many of them injured after getting entangled in plastic waste, have been rescued after washing up on one of the world's longest beaches in Bangladesh, an official and conservationists said Wednesday. The Olive Ridley turtles began floating to shore at Cox's Bazar with a huge mass of plastic bottles, fishing nets, buoys and other debris at the weekend. Survivors...
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Ocean Clean-Up Recovers Over 100 Tons Of Plastic Waste

Ocean Clean-Up Recovers Over 100 Tons Of Plastic Waste

A recent clean-up operation has removed around 103 tons (206,000 pounds) of fishing nets and plastics trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in between the coasts of California and Hawaii.  The feat was completed during a 48-day expedition by the Ocean Voyages Institute, which says its haul is the “largest open ocean clean-up in history,” doubling their previous record from...
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