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Remote Pacific island found buried under tonnes of plastic waste
Remote Pacific island found buried under tonnes of plastic waste
Nowhere is safe from plastic. A tiny South Pacific island 5000 kilometres from the nearest human occupation has the highest density of washed-up plastic rubbish known anywhere in the world. Henderson Island is an uninhabited, 5-kilometre-wide speck of land halfway between Australia and South America.
newscientist.com



