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Taking action to preserve our oceans
Plastic waste is destroying marine ecosystems at a rapid pace—from ruining beaches to killing baby turtles to destroying coral on the sea floor.
With half the world’s plastic produced in the last 13 years and 8.8 million tons washing into the oceans annually, few places on earth have escaped its reach. Plastic litter fouls the remote, icy coves of Antarctica, the beautiful shores of Réunion and Mauritius, and even the unfathomable reaches of the 10,000-meter-deep Mariana Trench.