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Tonnes of garbage cleaned up from Galapagos coast
« on: March 18, 2018, 11:38:44 am »
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Tonnes of garbage cleaned up from Galapagos coast

Officials at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park say they have collected 22 tonnes of garbage since January off the coasts of the pristine archipelago, some of it from as far away as Asia (AFP Photo/Pablo COZZAGLIO)

Quito (AFP) - Officials at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park say they have collected 22 tonnes of garbage since January off the coasts of the pristine archipelago, some of it from as far away as Asia.

The coastal garbage cleanup is aimed at studying "the possible arrival of invasive species in the waste swept in by the ocean currents," the Park said in a statement late Saturday.

The Galapagos, the Pacific archipelago of volcanic islands that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, are located about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) off the coast of Ecuador.

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22 tonnes is surely excessive.
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Re: Tonnes of garbage cleaned up from Galapagos coast
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2018, 10:05:50 pm »
Quote from: TomSea on March 18, 2018, 11:38:44 am
22 tonnes is surely excessive.

One dump truck.
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