{"id":30784,"date":"2014-12-29T23:50:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T22:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/2014\/12\/29\/a-planet-drowning-in-plastic-a-floating-pacific-garbage-patch-the-size-of-wales\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T22:23:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T21:23:56","slug":"a-planet-drowning-in-plastic-a-floating-pacific-garbage-patch-the-size-of-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/europe-en\/2014\/a-planet-drowning-in-plastic-a-floating-pacific-garbage-patch-the-size-of-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"A planet drowning in plastic: A floating Pacific &#8216;garbage&#8217; patch the size of Wales."},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2768849\/A-planet-drowning-plastic-A-floating-Pacific-garbage-patch-size-Wales-Seabirds-whales-dying-horrible-deaths-How-addiction-plastic-turning-oceans-toxic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2768849\/A-planet-drowning-plastic-A-floating-Pacific-garbage-patch-size-Wales-Seabirds-whales-dying-horrible-deaths-How-addiction-plastic-turning-oceans-toxic.html<\/a>\n\nA planet drowning in plastic: A floating Pacific 'garbage' patch the\nsize of Wales. Seabirds and whales dying horrible deaths. How our\naddiction to plastic is turning the oceans toxic\n\n? Plastic has been called one of the most pernicious threats to our fututre\n? The threat is worse than climate change and is 'chocking our future'\n? In the remote Pacific there is a garbage patch as big as Wales\n? 90 per cent of seabirds found dead on the beach have ingested plastic\n\nBy PHILIP HOARE FOR THE DAILY MAIL\nPUBLISHED: 01:13 GMT, 25 September 2014 | UPDATED: 17:20 GMT, 25\nSeptember 2014<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2768849\/A-planet-drowning-plastic-A-floating-Pacific-garbage-patch-size-Wales-Seabirds-whales-dying-horrible-deaths-How-addiction-plastic-turning-oceans-toxic.html A planet drowning in plastic: A floating Pacific &#8216;garbage&#8217; patch the size of Wales. Seabirds and whales dying horrible deaths. How our addiction to plastic is turning the oceans toxic ? 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