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How plastic 'jelly fish' and 'squid' are killing marine animals

Hundreds of plastic wastes floats mercilessly around the Indian Ocean beach waters along Lamu Island seafront in Lamu County on Saturday,011th May,2019.Locals who dispose such wastes to the water may not understand the danger the waste pollution posing danger to marine life especially the endangered sea turtles.[FILE,Standard]

Plastic waste is so ubiquitous; animals are eating it.

The evidence is on every dumpsite, garbage collection point, and trucks carrying garbage. It is simply the most abundant household garbage.

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