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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a floating piece of plastic garbage in the Pacific - TWICE the size of Texas. Plastic will only start degrading after 700 yrs and will only fully degrade in 1,000 yrs. An average family will use 60 plastic bags on 4 visits to the supermarket. Only 1 to 3% of plastic bags are recycled worldwide. It only takes 4 plastic bags to kill 1 dolphin. PROTECT OUR OCEANS Nova Weng

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patchis a floating piece of plasticgarbage in the Pacific - TWICE thesize of Texas.

Plastic will only start degradingafter 700 yrs and will only fullydegrade in 1,000 yrs.

An average family will use 60plastic bags on 4 visits to thesupermarket.

Only 1 to 3% of plastic bags arerecycled worldwide.

It only takes 4 plastic bags to kill1 dolphin.

P R O T E C T O U R O C E A N SNova Weng