Plastic debris, which can take 500 years to decompose, made up more than half of the litter found on beaches in 2005.

塑料碎片，这可能要花500年才能分解，提出了半数以上的垃圾在海滩上发现于2005年。

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Already there is a region the size of North American in the sea between Hawaii Japan and the mainland US filled with plastic debris.

在夏威夷、日本和美国大陆之间的洋面中，已经有一块北美洲大小的区域充满了塑料残骸。

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The plastic debris in the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" has killed millions of birds and other Marine animals. Here are 20 ways to reduce your plastic consumption.

“伟大的太平洋垃圾填埋法”中的塑料碎片曾经杀死几百万只小鸟和其他的海洋动物。下面是20种增加使用塑料消耗的方法。

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Across the island in David Hyrenbach's lab, the impact of plastic debris is apparent among the animal species he studies: birds.

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In June 2006 a United Nations Environmental Program report estimated that there is an average of 46, 000 pieces of plastic debris in every square mile of ocean.

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Wang Suhua stood watching a bulldozer clear away plastic sheeting and debris from the muddy field where the students' bodies had been taken among them, her 17-year-old granddaughter, Yang Miao, who was killed in her classroom.

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