~17 million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans each year, with 50% being ghost nets / fishing gear.

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Standard recycling infrastructure is rarely capable of processing ocean plastics because of contaminants, so marine plastics are incinerated or sent to landfills.

There are 1,079 traditional recycling centers in the U.S. ​​

There are 0 marine plastics recycling centers in the U.S.