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Mar 2021
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E03: Un Mar de Plástico

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We are turning our beautiful Ocean into a plastic soup.

 About 8 million tons of plastic enter the sea every year, and if we do not change, we face a future with more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050. Our plastic addiction and waste mismanagement are condemning countless marine birds and animals to death by entanglement or poisoning. From the Arctic to the Antarctic, no corner of the Ocean is untouched by this global scourge.


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