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Stat: 11 million metric tons\\u2014the amount of plastic that enters the ocean each year.

Story: We continue our \\u201cOcean, People, Planet\\u201d season with a discussion of one of the largest threats facing the ocean: plastic pollution. Winnie Lau, who is the project director of Pew\\u2019s preventing ocean plastics project, and Richard Bailey, professor of environmental systems at Oxford University, discuss ways to reduce the amount of plastic entering the ocean and highlight a new analytical tool that nations can use to take action.