They tracked plastic trash. Here’s where it went.

Plastics make up most marine debris. An estimated 2 million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean every year, and river systems are a major source of that pollution. This high-tech research project uses GPS-equipped plastic bottles to track and better understand how land-based litter becomes marine debris.

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