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What is the ultimate fate for plastic waste in the sea? Will it form sediment that gets buried beneath the seabed and eventually turns into plastic "oil" or "coal"?

What is the ultimate fate for plastic waste in the sea? Will it form sediment that gets buried beneath the seabed and eventually turns into plastic 鈥渙il鈥 or 鈥渃oal鈥?

Perry Bebbington, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, UK

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