{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreigzg7umatxyowrirplcuhlwm7gi76cslcxnwda5zg4fjz57c3qqnm",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:4mx3xqiwquszcdl2dli4v2bb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgoqvkl5r7g2"
  },
  "coverImage": {
    "$type": "blob",
    "ref": {
      "$link": "bafkreiajljplmrf7pf7v45vbqexmorqgq4waoyer5apdxh53u3h25cf3ki"
    },
    "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
    "size": 7712
  },
  "path": "/the-green-guardian/2026-03-10-from-indonesia-to-the-southern-ocean-marion-islands-growing-plastic-problem/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T04:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://mg.co.za",
  "tags": [
    "The Green Guardian",
    "Environmental conservation",
    "FitzPatrick Institute",
    "Indian Ocean Pollution",
    "International Maritime Organisation",
    "marine litter",
    "Marine Research",
    "Marion Island",
    "Ocean Debris",
    "Ocean Plastics",
    "plastic pollution",
    "Remote Islands",
    "Seabird Ingestion",
    "single-use plastic",
    "Southern Ocean Islands",
    "Sub-Antarctic Islands",
    "the-green-guardian"
  ],
  "textContent": "A new 30-year study reveals that Marion Island, one of the most remote islands on Earth, is increasingly littered with plastic bottles and caps drifting thousands of kilometres across the Indian Ocean",
  "title": "From Indonesia to the Southern Ocean: Marion Island’s growing plastic problem"
}