Sentence examples for plastic dump from inspiring English sources

Captain Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation (AMRF) was the first to find the huge, floating plastic dump in 1997.

He brought toys up from Abidjan — colorful balls, a plastic dump truck — and he bought Dutch wax pagnes and closed-toe shoes for the girl.

She's cradling a doll under her free arm, and he's gripping a plastic dump truck in his.

"Here, [farmers] are concerned about the juice, not the skins," Manuela says, tossing a lemon into a plastic dump bucket.

I absolutely refuse to buy my nephews another set of PlayStation video games or plastic dump trucks that end up in teeny tiny pieces for Christmas.

Since then, Moore has spent time learning about the Pacific plastic dump and the impact that so much plastic has had on fragile ocean ecosystems.

Coral reefs are under assault by a growing threat: tons of floating plastic dumped into oceans by humans.

That experience prompted her to look into the way inland waterways contributed to the estimated 8bn tonnes of plastic dumped in the oceans each year.

The 8m tonnes of plastic dumped in the sea each year is also the target of increasing campaigns, by the UN and others, mainly because of the dangers it poses to sea life.

Plastic dumped into the seas around the UK is carried to the Arctic within two years, scientists have revealed, where it does "extreme harm" to the fragile polar environment.

In fact, it's estimated by one alternative straw manufacturer that of the 8m tonnes of plastic dumped in the ocean each year, 4% of that comes from straws.