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Guide to Marine Conservation volunteering

8 million metric tons of plastic waste are dumped into our oceans every year. This amount weighs 17.6 billion pounds, which is the same as nearly 57,000 blue whales. If this continues, it’s been said that by 2050, ocean plastic will outweigh all of the ocean’s fish.

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