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  Prince has made an impassioned and personal plea to stop plastic being dumped in the oceans.
article_snippet: Horrified': Charles spoke in Washington at a meeting of companies, leading environmental groups and government figures brought together to consider actions to address the threat posed by marine plastic waste .
article_snippet: One issue that we absolutely cannot ignore is that of the increasing quantity of plastic waste in the marine environment,’ the Prince of
article_snippet: I was horrified to learn that, according to recent research, we collectively allow as much as eight million tonnes of plastic to enter the oceans every year.
article_snippet: Today, almost half of all marine mammals now have plastic in almost half of all marine mammals
article_snippet: and I know I am not the only person haunted by the tragic images of seabirds, particularly albatrosses, that have been found dead, washed up on beaches after mistaking a piece of plastic for a meal.
article_snippet: In the meantime, Environmental campaigners blight the environment and many are ingested by wildlife, in particular marine mammals and sea birds which can suffer lingering deaths as a result.
article_snippet: As well as the serious harm to wildlife, wildlife blight