Thanks to my friend and neighbor, Jim Hardman, for telling me about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which I had not yet heard about.
Apparently, it is the size of Texas--a massive swirling of plastic in the North Pacific Ocean - located in the North Pacific Gyre, to be more specific. Check out these entries at Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch
And at..http://www.greatgarbagepatch.org/ - a site established to educate about the problem.
About 80% of the plastic in the swirl comes from the land, about 20% from boats. Let's do all we can to reduce our plastic waste--reduce, reuse, recycle!
Thanks!
Peace,
Jerry & Tara
Apparently, it is the size of Texas--a massive swirling of plastic in the North Pacific Ocean - located in the North Pacific Gyre, to be more specific. Check out these entries at Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch
And at..http://www.greatgarbagepatch.org/ - a site established to educate about the problem.
About 80% of the plastic in the swirl comes from the land, about 20% from boats. Let's do all we can to reduce our plastic waste--reduce, reuse, recycle!
Thanks!
Peace,
Jerry & Tara
