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Earth Sense: Taking small steps can make a difference for our environment
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The “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” is an accumulation of debris, mostly plastic, that rotates slowly in the Pacific Ocean north of the equator. But it’s not the only one in the world. There’s a similar concentration of waste in the Atlantic, on our side of the continent.