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Devastating impact of plastic pollution revealed in horrifying images of rubbish covered waters of the Caribbean

These 'trash islands' have been captured in images by photographer Caroline Power, who lives on Honduran island of Roatan.

A boat can be seen cruising through an epic rubbish island of waste off the coast of Roatan, Honduras

THE scourge of plastic polluting our oceans and killing its marine life is laid bare in these photographs taken in the once pristine waters of the Caribbean.

The floating masses offer grim evidence of a vast and growing problem of everyday waste heedlessly dumped in the sea.

A boat can be seen cruising through an epic 'rubbish island' off the coast of Roatan, Honduras
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A boat can be seen cruising through an epic 'rubbish island' off the coast of Roatan, HondurasCredit: AFP or licensors

The sad spectacle has been captured in images by photographer Caroline Power, who lives on Honduran island of Roatan.

Some of the detritus clumped together in the waves that she documented was being deposited on beaches around Omoa, a seaside town.

It included hospital waste and plastic containers of all types.

Ms Power said: "We also do not know where the garbage comes from.”

Underwater photographer Caroline Power found the plastic blanket of forks, bottles and rubbish 15 miles off the coast
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Underwater photographer Caroline Power found the plastic blanket of forks, bottles and rubbish 15 miles off the coastCredit: AFP or licensors
Marine biologists fear that much of the garbage sinks to the seabed, damaging underwater fauna
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Marine biologists fear that much of the garbage sinks to the seabed, damaging underwater faunaCredit: AFP or licensors
Researchers have found fish, even turtles up to a meter wide, dead after ingesting these plastics
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Researchers have found fish, even turtles up to a meter wide, dead after ingesting these plasticsCredit: AFP or licensors
Plastic bottles, medicine containers and empty insecticide cans are among the deluge of waste
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Plastic bottles, medicine containers and empty insecticide cans are among the deluge of wasteCredit: AFP or licensors
Marine life is being suffocated and poisoned by the trash
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Marine life is being suffocated and poisoned by the trashCredit: AFP or licensors
Devastating impact of plastic pollution revealed in horrifying images of floating rubbish in the Caribbean

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According to the UN Environment Programme, 6.4 million tons of trash end up in the sea each year, with most of it - 70 per cent - falling into the depths.

Some 15 percent stays circulating on ocean currents, while the rest washes up on beaches.

The plastics waste problem came to light three years ago but has been getting worse since.

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