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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch might not seem like a desirable address, but coastal creatures are thriving on the floating rubbish tip, thousands of miles from home. Researchers from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre found 484 marine organisms living on plastic items recovered from the gyre, of which 80 per …

Businesses will be able to recycle coffee cups using collection boxes | Credit: DS Smith Packaging firm targets the millions of disposable coffee cups used by commuters, which it says are falling through the gaps of the recycling system Every day thousands of coffee cups are discarded by weary commuters …