The pregnant animal, which washed ashore in Sardinia, was the latest in a grim international collection of whale carcasses burdened by plastic trash.
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Why Do Garfield Phones Keep Washing Up on This Beach?
Bright orange plastic novelty phones, shaped like Garfield, the grumpy cartoon cat, have littered French shores for decades. Nobody knew why, until a group of volunteers followed a tip.
Gibraltar Bans Releasing of Helium-Filled Balloons to Protect Marine Wildlife
The tiny British territory at the southern tip of Spain is the latest to take action against marine pollution.
Dead Whale Found With 88 Pounds of Plastic Inside Body in the Philippines
The whale’s grisly death renewed focus on the problem of plastics ending up in oceans. The Philippines is the third-biggest contributor of such waste.
It Took On the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Now It’s in Pieces.
A giant boom was dispatched to tackle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but the forces of nature may have been too much for it. Its inventors plan to try again.
Dead Whale’s Stomach Is Found Filled With Trash in Indonesia
A decomposing sperm whale that washed ashore in Indonesia contained hundreds of plastic items, including cups, bags and flip-flops. The nation was ranked as the world’s second-biggest producer of plastic waste in 2015.
1,000 Pieces of Plastic Found Inside Dead Whale in Indonesia
Cups, bags, bottles and even two flip-flops were found inside a sperm whale that had washed ashore in Indonesia, one of the world’s largest producers of plastic waste.