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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Erin Fingar

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

March 08, 2019

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The great pacific garbage patch is filled with more than just plastic and we need to do something about it. It is not just plastic that is making the garbage patch bigger, but fishing gear makes up 46 percent of the garbage patch and this is what we need to focus on cleaning up.

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