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Marine debris is any man-made, solid material that enters waterways directly through littering or indirectly via rivers, streams and storm drains. Marine debris can be simple items such as a discarded soda can, cigarette butt, or plastic bag that ends up in the ocean potentially harming marine life.

Through a contract from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Pacific Southwest Office (EPA), Kier Associates (Kier) quantified the amount that 90 cities in California, Oregon, and Washington watersheds are spending to clean up litter and prevent trash from entering our oceans.

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Vessels of all sizes can be sources of marine debris. Fishing vessels can be sources of fishing nets, lines, lures, rope, bait boxes, and light sticks. Recreational boats, military and other government vessels, cargo ships, cruise ships, ferries, and charter boats can be sources of galley waste, trash, plastic bags, and other materials.

EPA is working to reduce the amount of trash and litter that enters streams and rivers, lakes and bays, beaches and coastlines, and ultimately the world's oceans. This Agency work includes outreach and education, research, and new program partnerships.

Marine Debris - US Military dumping in ocean

Friends of the Earth grades environmental practices of cruise lines WASHINGTON, D.C. - Cruise ships dumped more than 1 billion gallons of sewage in the ocean last year, much of it raw or poorly treated, according to federal data analyzed by Friends of the Earth, which is calling for stronger rules to protect oceans, coasts, sea life and people.

Alison Teal walking through "Trash Island," a giant landfill in the Maldives that gets up to 400 tons of trash per day. (All photos: Sarah Lee) Filmmaker Alison Teal was in the process of literally exposing herself to a national TV audience when she found new inspiration: exposing the serious and complex trash-pollution issues affecting the Maldives, and turning plastic garbage into something useful.

This is the second video. It shows what can happen to plastics beyond recycling. A very cool video

This is an awesome video. Showing what else you can do with recycling plastics. this is one of two videos.

By Meera Dolasia on April 19, 2011 Word Search With an estimated 12,500 plastic bottles being discarded every 8 seconds, environmentalists are trying to come up with new innovative uses for this synthetic waste that is rapidly filling our landfills and harming our marine life.

Catherine, the video clip actually made me misty. This is fantastic!

Jaime Rae, 15, was recently named the second-place winner in From the Bow Seat's 2014 Ocean Awareness Student Contest. Her six-minute video about plastic pollution in oceans beat out hundreds of other entries from around the world.