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Asia Leads World in Dumping Plastic in Seas

Study Finds Largest Shares of Seaborne Bottles and Bags Originate in China, Indonesia; Waste Seen Doubling by 2025

SAN JOSE, Calif.—China and Indonesia are likely the top sources of plastic reaching the oceans, accounting for more than a third of the plastic bottles, bags and other detritus washed out to sea, an international research team of environmental scientists reported Thursday.

Marine biologists and ocean activists have grown alarmed about the seaborne plastic that fouls shorelines and clogs currents from the Arctic to the South Pacific....

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