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Last updated: 11 June, 2007 - Published 11:04 GMT
 
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Hawaiians Fight Back Against the Rubbish Invasion
 
Hawaii.
A classic Hawaii beach scene.
America's tropical island state of Hawaii is known around the world for its golden beaches.

Pristine and pure you might think. But the reality is different: there is so much debris in the sea now much of it ends up ashore.

The government recently set up a programme to help co-ordinate the fight against sea-bourne trash, and Newshour's reporter Matthew Wells went down to the beach on the island of Oahu, to find out more:

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