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This disturbing map shows just how much plastic is floating in our oceans

A man collects recyclable plastic materials, washed ashore by waves.

Drowning in plastic ... the quarter of a million tonnes of plastic charted by a new survey may be only part of the picture Image: REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo

Emma Luxton
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