Ocean plastic waste is choking Easter Island

Name: Ocean plastic waste is choking Easter Island
Uploaded: 2024-11-06T15:21:16Z
Duration: 1 min 54 s
Description: Ocean plastic waste is choking Easter Island. Rapa Nui, as the island is called locally, sits 3,680km off the coast of Chile, in the middle of a swirling system of currents called the South Pacific Gyre. The Gyre acts as a vortex, sucking in plastic waste from Australia and South America as well as plastic discarded by fishing boats in the area.

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Ocean plastic waste is choking Easter Island. Rapa Nui, as the island is called locally, sits 3,680km off the coast of Chile, in the middle of a swirling system of currents called the South Pacific Gyre. The Gyre acts as a vortex, sucking in plastic waste from Australia and South America as well as plastic discarded by fishing boats in the area.