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This albatross carcass shows that the bird swallowed bottle caps and other plastic. Terry, a plastic trash blogger, said a photograph like this one motivated her to reduce her plastic waste.

In the 1980s, more than 100,000 marine animals died from ingesting or being entangled in plastic debris, according to Californians Against Waste, a watchdog group.

Credit: Steven Siegel/Marine Photobank

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