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With the help of donors like you, OpenOceans Global is developing solutions to save our ocean.
* Affected beaches are those which regularly receive significant amounts of visible plastic.
Click here to add a beach that has been affected by plastic pollution to the map.
Click on a Red Target icon to see a popup with an image and information about that location.
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Click on the Legend icon to see information about the layers
Click on the Layers icon to turn different layers on or off.
Click on the Search icon to find locations on the map.
Click on the Home icon to restore the map to its original size.
A 2019 study estimated that 67% of all buoyant macro plastic (bigger than .5 centimeters) has accumulated along shorelines, approximately 110 million tons. That's far more than the estimated 31% that has accumulated in coastal waters and the roughly 1% found offshore or circulating in distant gyres.