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Fishy numbers?

There were reports recently that there will more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050. But is there something fishy about these figures?

There were reports recently that there will more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050. The report comes from The Ellen MacArthur Foundation. But as we discover there's something fishy about these figures.

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(Image: Waste plastic strewn on the Bao beach near Dakar - photo credit: SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)

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Mon 15 Feb 2016 14:50GMT

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