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Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine debris is litter that ends up in oceans, seas, and other large bodies of water.


The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, spans waters from the West Coast of North America to Japan. The patch is actually comprised of the Western Garbage Patch, located near Japan, and the Eastern Garbage Patch, located between the U.S. states of Hawaii and California.


The National Geographic Society has published educational materials appropriate for grades 4-12 to help school age children understand the impact of plastics on our environment. Follow the link below to discover and use these materials.




Worldwide Garbage Patches


The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not the only marine trash vortex—it’s just the biggest. The Atlantic and Indian Oceans both have trash vortexes. Even shipping routes in smaller bodies of water, such as the North Sea, are developing garbage patches.


Most of the plastic found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch started on land in the hands of humans.


Please follow this link to find out how you can play your part to prevent plastic pollution in our oceans.

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About Me

I’m an avid cruiser and beach lover. Nothing thrills my soul more than looking out over the water from the deck of a ship. I often wish I could grow gills and a mermaid tail and dive in for a look at the beautiful and critical ecosystem that exists under the surface of planet Earth’s oceans and seas.

It’s for the love of the Earth and her oceans that I started this blog. I hope to educate and inspire people to make small changes in their life that could pay big dividends in defending our oceans and seas from the poisoning and life-threatening injuries caused by plastic waste.

I hope you’ll dive in to my site and read the posted articles. I’ve provided links to companies that are working to clean the oceans of plastic waste; many of them rely on your generosity in the form of donations. There are links to companies that sell products made from recycled plastic waste; I hope you’ll consider supporting them as well.

We can all make a difference! Please leave comments and suggestions, and I hope you enjoy.

 

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