8 million metric ton of plastic trash enters the sea from land every year the equivalent of five plastic bags filled with trash for every foot of coastline in the world across our oceans. Plastic trash flows into circulation dispersed almost everywhere but concentrating in huge swathes in the midst of global currents breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces ingested by species across the marine world and sinking to the bottom of the ocean.

Vocabulary

• Equivalent (noun) equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.

• Coastline (noun) a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake.

• Circulation (noun) movement to and fro or around something

• Dispersed (verb) distribute or spread over a wide area.

• Concentrating (verb) focus one's attention or mental effort on a particular object or activity.

• Huge (adjective) extremely large; enormous.

• Swathe (noun) large area of land; long narrow cloth wrapped around something; large number or amount of something.

• Midst (noun)the middle point or part.

• Ingested (verb) take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it.

• Marine(adjective) of, found in, or produced by the sea.