They have to come down somewhere. Even balloons marketed as biodegradable have been found in the environment years after release, and have been found in the bodies of various marine life, including whales, dolphins, and seabirds.

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A recent study believes the ocean floor has become a reservoir for marine plastic pollution, estimating that 3 to 11 million tonnes of plastic resided there as of 2020.

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Barrel jellyfish are also known as dustbin-lid jellyfish, as they can grow to huge sizes. They are a favourite food of another species seen around the UK in late spring, leatherback turtles.

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It's #NationalDolphinDay here in the UK, and our question today is food for thought on what harmful meals our marine life may be mistakenly eating.

Out of all whale and dolphin species, how many have been recorded consuming plastic debris?

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Plastics can invade our history?

Items such as plastic cutlery, straws, food wrappers, and cling film from old school lunches were found trodden into the soil at Castell Henllys, Pembrokeshire, around their Iron Age village site.

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One of two seahorse species in the UK, spiny seahorses are poor swimmers, instead using their prehensile tail to cling onto seagrass against the current.

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Did you know that many tea bags contain plastic in their mesh and their seal, even bags that claim to be plastic-free?

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Meanwhile 99% of plastic litter in the Azores, another hotspot in the North Atlantic, was comes from the other countries, mainly the US and Caribbean islands.

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