Shocking images show the world's biggest garbage dump as clean-up intensifies at fungus-infested site twice the size of Texas

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Shocking images show the world's biggest garbage dump as clean-up intensifies at fungus-infested site twice the size of Texas

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Shocking images have laid bare the world's biggest garbage dump - comprising 100,000 metric tons of everything from discarded fridges to children's toys. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch spans 620,000 square miles - an area twice the size of Texas - with the majority of trash coming from China, Japan, Korea and the US. The aquatic trash-heap was first detected 1,200 miles west of California in 1997, and has since sprawled across the ocean - threatening marine life while releasing toxic microplastics into the atmosphere.
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