Much of this trash has real "staying power," as the Ocean Conservancy calls it in their findings from a Marine monitoring program, and resists decomposing.

许多垃圾都有很强的“耐力”，正如海洋管理局引述他们在一项海洋监控项目中得到的结果，这些垃圾很难分解。

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They were the second most common form of litter after cigarette butts at the 2008 International Coastal Cleanup Day sponsored by the Ocean Conservancy, a Marine environmental group.

在海洋环境组织“海洋保护协会”主办的“2008年国际海滩清洁日”活动上，塑料袋被列为第二大常见垃圾，仅次于烟蒂。

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Check out Ocean Conservancy's "Why the Ocean Matters" feature if you want to be truly amazed.

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