Trash on ocean floor near Taiwan 1.5 times global average: study

The amount of trash found on the ocean floor off the western coast of Taiwan is 1.5 times higher than the global average, and notably greater than that found near Japan, South Korea and China, an environmental consultancy group said Tuesday.

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