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The North Pacific Garbage Patch on a continuous ocean map. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch formed gradually as a result of ocean or marine pollution gathered by ocean currents. [39] It occupies a relatively stationary region of the North Pacific Ocean bounded by the North Pacific Gyre in the horse latitudes. The gyre's rotational pattern draws ...
The South Pacific garbage patch is an area of ocean with increased levels of marine debris and plastic particle pollution, within the ocean's pelagic zone. This area is in the South Pacific Gyre , which itself spans from waters east of Australia to the South American continent, as far north as the Equator , and south until reaching the ...
A majority of plastics used in people's day to day lives are never recycled. Single use plastics of this kind contribute significantly to the 8 million tons of plastic waste found in the ocean each year. [2] If this trend continues, by the year 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by weight. [28]
It passed the milestone on Monday after lifting 108,526 kg of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ocean Cleanup removes 100,000kg of plastic from Pacific Skip to main content
An ambitious project to clean up the 88,000 tons of plastic floating in the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" has begun. On Sunday, the Ocean Cleanup Project started towing its "Ocean Cleanup System ...
There could be more plastic in the ocean than fish over the next 30 years, ... Debris Free Oceans is on a mission to help communities to responsibly manage the life cycle of plastics and waste. It ...
Around 275 million tonnes of plastic waste is generated each year around the world; between 4.8 million and 12.7 million tonnes is dumped into the sea. [6] About 60% of the plastic waste in the ocean comes from the top five countries: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. [71]
Though ocean and coastal area cleanups are important, it is crucial to address plastic waste that originates from inland and landlocked states. [97] [98] At the systems level, there are various ways to reduce the amount of debris entering our waterways: Improve waste transportation to and from sites by utilizing closed container storage and ...