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Ocean garbage scoop study to start off Japan coast [1]

Researchers are launching tests aimed at setting up a huge floating barrier off the Japanese coast, a project that could eventually help remove some of the 5.25 trillion pieces of rubbish polluting

Publication Date: 
12/06/2015
Japan Today (Japan) [2]
Tags:
Water Pollution [3], Marine Pollution [4], Garbage [5], Water Pollution Control [6], Marine Ecosystems [7], Plastics [8]
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