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ATHENS, GREECE - JUNE 26: Plastic garbage lying on the Aegean sea beach near Athens on June 26, 2018 , Greece . The Mediterranean is one of the seas with the highest levels of plastic pollution in the world .More than 200 million tourists visit the Mediterranean each year causing the 40% increase in marine litter during summer using single use plastics including straws and stirrers, plastic cups, water bottles , inflatable pool toys etc which leads to the general pollution of water and beaches along Mediterranean. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)

You Won’t Believe How Much Plastic Was Found In This Whale – LBF

Lauren Beckham Falcone March 19th, 2019

I read this story before I left work. It’s horrifying. Eighty eight pounds of plastic was found in this whale.

“40 kilos of plastic bags,” including “16 rice sacks,” “4 banana plantation style bags and multiple shopping bags. This whale had the most plastic we have ever seen in a whale,” the organization wrote in its post. “It’s disgusting.

I stopped at Costco, which, thankfully, doesn’t use plastic bags, but I took notice of all the plastic and trash ONE Costco run for a family three was going to produce. Wrappers, cardboard boxes, individual juice boxes. On those, the plastic straws have plastic wrappers!

It’s overwhelming.

What do you do to produce less trash?

Here’s the full story:

88 Pounds of Plastic Was Discovered Inside a Beached Whale

A beached whale found in Davao City, Philippines, contained 88 pounds of plastic, according to a Facebook post from a nongovernmental organization that found the body.

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