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7:46 am - November 10, 2012 — Updated: 7:46 am - November 10, 2012

Talking trash

<p>HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald</p><p>Marine Debris Project Coordinator Megan Lamson talks about the 155 tons of marine debris that have been collecting on the Big Island over nine years during the Marine Debris Awareness Night at Mokupapapa Discovery Center in downtown Hilo on Thursday evening. The free event also provided information about the Japan tsunami debris that washes up on Hawaiian shores.</p>Buy Photo

HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald

Marine Debris Project Coordinator Megan Lamson talks about the 155 tons of marine debris that have been collecting on the Big Island over nine years during the Marine Debris Awareness Night at Mokupapapa Discovery Center in downtown Hilo on Thursday evening. The free event also provided information about the Japan tsunami debris that washes up on Hawaiian shores.

<p>HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald</p><p>Trash collected from Richardson’s Beach Park by Pat Richardson while doing reef fish surveys is on display during the Marine Debris Awareness Night at Mokupapapa Discovery Center in downtown Hilo on Thursday evening. The free event also brought awareness to the Japan tsunami debris that washes up on Hawaiian shores.</p>Buy Photo

HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald

Trash collected from Richardson’s Beach Park by Pat Richardson while doing reef fish surveys is on display during the Marine Debris Awareness Night at Mokupapapa Discovery Center in downtown Hilo on Thursday evening. The free event also brought awareness to the Japan tsunami debris that washes up on Hawaiian shores.

Photos by HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald

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