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An area around four times the size of germany. the research found there is about eighteen million kilo of plastic croton around which constitutes to one point eight trillion pieces of ocean plastic inside the growth of the garbage. sludge has been thinking about this garbage patch for a long time he just couldn't get the idea of cleaning up the plastic waste out of his mind he raised money using crowd funding and drummed up support for his idea slat is now backed by a team of sixty five scientists. last week in man in twenty fifteen the cleanup crew staged their first spectacular event carryin...

Creating, doesn't it? >> oh, yeah. it is really a plastic emergency. what sure seeing in dominica republic on this beach close to santa domingo is unfortunately the new normal. this happens everywhere in the world, especially in places that we call paradise, really. >> right. and how difficult is it to try to bring that up? >> i think for a long time the topic got totally neglected. people felt, oh, we recycle, everything is under control, this is a standard we can trust. but now people realize and not only regular people like us, but also like politicians and big brands, they realize that pla...

>> one organization in particular is among those trying to solve the growing plastics problem. right now they're focusing on the waves of garbage washing up in the dominican republic. parley for the oceans is on-site right now and they say they're working with local military and government officials to try to clean up the waste there. that group's leader explains what is so important, why trying to tackle it now is important beach by beach. >> he says that the past we've sent postcards with magical beaches and palm trees, or now it's waves of plastic trash unless we all act now future generati...

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Of mind, but this is really happening. plastics that we throw away every day, the straws, baht bottles, the bags, they'll come back and haunt in a big way. >> this is a beach in the cominute can republic. that's the ocean but you can't see the water. right now tons of plastic waste are washing up on the shore quicker than volunteers be able to haul it away. that's just one beach. >> at least 8 million tons of plastic goes into our oceans every year. this according to word economic forum. and that's like dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the ocean every minute. the united nations p...