Garbology: How Trash Is Affecting Our World

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Chapter five of Garbology talks about a different way that trash is affecting our world. The topic that is being talked about is the trash in the sea, and how it is affecting the environment. The trash in the ocean is causing much marine life to be ether harmed or even worse killed. One of the main things that is causing this is plastic. In todays time plastic is used for everything it is used in our drinking bottles and all the way down to the soap we use to wash our bodies. Because of these things not being properly disposed of it is finding its way back to the ocean and is killing marine wildlife. In the chapter Humes talks about Mary Crowley who is older lady who sees the problems of the trash in our oceans. She fills so strongly about

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