Pacific garbage patch
The Amount of Plastic in the Ocean Could Outweigh Fish by 2050
With the plummeting price of oil, the cost of the raw petrochemicals that go into plastics is lower than using recycled materials — and conservationists worry that offers little hope for a let up in the amount of plastic entering the world's oceans.
This Kid Plans to Rid Oceans of Plastic Using Giant Nets and Natural Gyres
Twenty-year-old Boyan Slat plans to rid oceans of plastic using giant nets and natural gyres. It would be the largest structure ever built on the high seas.
Albatrosses Are Full of Our Plastic: An Interview with the Directors of 'Midway'
"We have become disconnected from the miracle of our world."
Recycled Island Is Hawaii On Floating Trash
It was a couple years ago that our older siblings at VICE went to visit the Pacific garbage patch. Locked in the North Pacific Gyre, it’s a massive eddy of floating trash sent from all over the world.
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