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Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic

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Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas.

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TED.com

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TEDTalks, TED2009, TED, Talks, business, environment, oceans, plastic, science, 2009

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