We live in the ocean of garbage

Plastic waste is a worrying issue globally. After used plastics are not recycled but most of them are discharged directly into rivers, canals, and then dumped into the oceans .

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A plastic bag caught in the stone and gradually merged into the landscape here.The photo was taken off the Andros Islands, Greece in July.In addition to plastic waste that keeps the shape, there are many types of plastics that can decay but become micro-plastic and directly threaten marine life forms.(Photo: Stelios Misinas / Reuters).

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A cat is walking on the garbage beach in Jakarta, Indonesia.(Photo: Willy Kurniawan / Reuters).

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A plastic bottle floats freely in the heart of the Adriatic Sea on the island of Mljet, Croatia.(Photo: Antonio Bronic / Reuters).

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In the fishing port on the outskirts of Dakar city, Senegal, people take fishing boats back to the garbage coast.(Photo: Zohra Bensemra / Reuters).

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No photos showed plastic waste flooded in the sea in Corniche, Lebanon.(Photo: Mohamed Azakir / Reuters).

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Scattered on the sand on the Mediterranean coast in Ashkelon territory, south of Israel are pieces of plastic products discarded after use.(Photo: Amir Cohen / Reuters).

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Tourists and locals walk on plastic carpets in the tourist area of ​​Nusa Penida island, in the Bali archipelago, Indonesia.(Photo: Johannes P. Christo / Reuters).

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A volleyball ball is made of plastic floating on the Bay of Gibraltar, 10.9 km from the nearest beach is Barbate, southern Spain.(Photo by Jon Nazca / Reuters).

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Garbage piled up on a beach in Panama City.In an earlier development, Panama became the first country in Central America to ban all plastic and plastic products used once since July.(Photo by Erick Marciscano / Reuters).

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Plastic waste is about to be cleared at a volunteer garbage collection along the Chao Praya River, collecting Bangkok, Thailand.(Photo: Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters).

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A family boy who works as a collector, is swimming in the flooded sea of ​​water in the Baseco slum, Manila, Philippines.(Photo: Romeo Ranoco).

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