What is the most polluted island in the Caribbean?
Trinidad & Tobago produces the largest amount of waste at 1.5 kilograms per person per day, the most in the world. They estimate that at least 0.19 kg of plastic waste per person is almost guaranteed to end up in the ocean.
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