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If you one day happen to be sailing across the Pacific, you may suddenly realise you’re surrounded by hundreds
of tonnes of rubbish. This area is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (1) ____
The litter covers a huge area of the ocean, but experts do not agree on its actual size. (2) ____ Others claim it
might even be as large as Russia. It’s difficult to measure the real size because most of the litter is quite small
and difficult to see even using satellite photos.
This rubbish is deadly to the marine life in the ocean. Fish and other sea creatures often get poisoned by the
plastic elements they consume. Another problem is that some sea animals die because they are trapped in
plastic nets. (3) ____ This often happens to sea turtles.
The rubbish area in the Pacific isn’t the only one. Both the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans have similar areas. (4)
____ Smaller patches of litter can also be found near popular shipping routes like the one in the North Sea.
A But they are not as large as the one in the Pacific.
B This means they cannot go to the surface to breathe.
C This is the most effective way to clean up the area.
D It contains lots of plastic waste that came from ships.
E Some say it’s around 700,000 square kilometres (twice as big as Poland).