Plastic piggy banks are showing up on Texas beaches — and a local marine scientist said they reveal how far ocean trash can travel.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — What started as an unusual beach discovery is now giving scientists a glimpse into how far floating trash can travel through the Gulf.
For years, Jace Tunnell has walked beaches across the Coastal Bend searching for marine debris and documenting what washes ashore. In that time, he said he has found just about everything imaginable.
“If you can think of it, we’ve found it out here,” Tunnell
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