According to the UN, each square kilometre of the ocean contains 120,000 pieces of floating plastic. In certain areas, there is six times the amount of plastic than plankton. It’s time to convince our lawmakers of the urgent need to act.
The ocean currents have actually given birth to two large masses of ever-accumulating trash, known as the Western and Eastern Pacific Garbage Patches, sometimes collectively called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Eastern Garbage Patch floats between Hawaii and California; scientists estimate its size as two times bigger than Texas . The Western Garbage Patch forms east of Japan and west of Hawaii. Each swirling mass of refuse is massive and collects trash from all over the world. The patches are connected by a thin 6,000-mile long current called the Subtropical Convergence Zone. Research flights showed that significant amounts of trash also accumulate in the Convergence Zone.
Scary stuff huh!
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