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The Kuril-Kamchatka Trench which is found in the Pacific Ocean has been found to be a microplastics trap.
We produce over 400 million plastic tons every year, which, among other consequences, cause plastic islands in oceans as well as plastic waste in forests, along roadsides, rivers, and practically everywhere.
According to Abel, the remains of plastic waste are found even within the deepest of oceans. The research team wanted to determine just how much microplastic pollution is present in the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. This trench is located in the Pacific Ocean s northwest region.
According to Abel, the most frequent microplastic presence was at one of Kuril-Kamchatka Trench s deepest regions which they used as a sampling station.
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Deadly Alert: Masses of Plastic Waste Found on Camel Guts
Eriksen and Wernery said that massive lumps of plastic wastes, as big as a medium-sized suitcase are found in ribcages of dead camel s guts.
Wernery, a veterinary microbiologist based at the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory in Dubai said that of the 30,000 dead camels that he and his colleagues have examined since 2008, 300 of these had guts that contained three to 64 kilograms of plastic wastes which researchers dubbed as polybezoars , the plastic variation from the naturally occurring hair and plant fiber bezoars.
Camels mistake plastics for food, thus they search for food and eat plastic wastes that are scattered into trees and along roadsides.