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One of world's remotest islands is most polluted: Study
One of the world\'s most remote islands is polluted with the highest density of plastic debris reported anywhere on the planet, with over 37 million pieces littered on its beaches, a new study has found.
Melbourne: One of the world's most remote islands is polluted with the highest density of plastic debris reported anywhere on the planet, with over 37 million pieces littered on its beaches, a new study has found.
Henderson Island in the south Pacific Ocean is uninhabited and located more than 5,000 kilometres from the nearest major population centre. However, the beaches of the island - part of the UK's Pitcairn Islands territory - is littered with an estimated 37.7 million pieces of plastic.
The island is so remote that it is only visited every five to ten years for research purposes, but its location makes it a focal point for debris carried from South America or deposited by fishing boats, researchers said.
During the most recent scientific expedition to the island led by the British nature conservation charity RSPB, found the beaches littered by up to 671 items per square metre, the highest density ever recorded.
"What has happened on Henderson Island shows there is no escaping plastic pollution even in the most distant parts of our oceans," said Jennifer Lavers, researcher at University of Tasmania in Australia.
