Putting more plastic in the ocean might actually be a good thing
Discovered in the early 80s and now referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, this 600,000 square mile stretch of ocean between Hawaii and California is the world’s largest accumulation of ocean plastic.
When you consider the vastness of the ocean — all 140 million square miles of it — it’s unsettlingly easy to see why this “garbage island” has historically been impossible to keep close tabs on (this is a common excuse for other environmental risks and challenges as well). Luckily for us, that can all soon change.