A discarded green plastic fizzy drink bottle amongst multiple bits of plastic washed onto the beach on the Balearic island of Menorca

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The seas around the world are becoming so polluted with plastic it has become a major issue. The plastics that are thrown into the seas either sink to the bottom and break up into tiny micro plastics which are then ingested by fish and other creatures thus enter the food chain or they float around the oceans forming huge islands of plastic eventually a lot are taken by the currents and are washed up on beaches

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Size: 5128px × 3412px
Location: Menorca Balearic island Spain
Photo credit: © Malcolm McDougall Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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