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With our water ecosystems starting to look like a floating garbage dump from a vast increase in human waste, we decided to put people in a space where they face the consequences of their careless actions.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, paper is the largest component of municipal solid waste. It can take up to eight weeks to dissolve in the ocean.
According to the World Wildlife Federation, about 100,000 marine mammals die every year as a result of plastic pollution.
According to the Smithsonian Oceanic Institute, an estimated 12 billion metric tons of plastic are projected to accumulate globally by 2050.
According to Conserve Energy Future, the average oil spill dumps more than 40 million gallons of oil into the ocean at one time.

photo_gianna sanchez. design_lauren maingot.

This article was published in Distraction’s winter 2020 print issue.

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