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| What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? | giant are of waste in the North Pacific Ocean |
| Where does the plastic come from? | 80% originates on land / plastic that cannot be filtered out/ 20% from ships and boats |
| How does the plastic get into the Garbage Patch? | by wind, rain / flow back into lakes and rivers |
| What happens to the plastic in the GPGP? | sunlight, salt and waves brake the plastic into smaller fragments |
| What effects do plastics have on marine life? | animals get caught up / eat plastic and cannot breath or die from hunger |
| How can we get rid of the waste in the water? | don't pollute the oceans! |
