| The Pacific Ocean harbors the largest garbage | | | | He was taking a short cut home from an ocean race |
| deposit in the world. | | | | this year when he discovered the garbage deposits. |
| A garbage field the size of USA is discovered in the | | | | He tell to the newspaper Daily Mail; “Every time I |
| Pacific Ocean. Researcher warns about a phenomena | | | | came up on the deck on my boat, I could see garbage |
| that can have serious consequences for the | | | | floating past the sides of the boat”. How come we |
| environment. | | | | were able to pollute such a large area? How is it |
| The garbage consists of everything from common | | | | possible that through a whole week we sailed through |
| house commodities and plastic bags, to bigger items | | | | this area, we could observe garbage floating around |
| like footballs and canoes. The garbage is contained in | | | | us? |
| these areas due to the ocean currents. This makes | | | | It ends up on your dinner plate in the end. |
| two deposit areas, one eastern and one western area. | | | | More than a million sea birds and close to hundred |
| The large depo centers of garbage stretches from | | | | thousand sea mammals are supposed to have died |
| the coast of California, past Hawaii and almost all the | | | | caused by this garbage concentration. Everything from |
| way to coast lines of Japan. Since the garbage is | | | | needles, lighters and toothbrushes are found in the |
| transparent and is deposited just beneath the ocean | | | | stomach of sea birds and mammals. The garbage can |
| surface, you can not see it on the traditional satellite | | | | also prove to be dangerous for humans if toxic |
| photos. | | | | substances come into our food chain. |
| The scientists warn us that the garbage can double in | | | | Whatever is deposited into the oceans ends up in the |
| size during the next decade if we do not take actions | | | | animals and finally finds the way to your plate of |
| against this activity. We are told by the scientists that | | | | course. |
| we need to cut down on the consumption of plastic in | | | | Calculations estimate that around 20% of all garbage |
| particular. | | | | humans produce is being disposed from ships and oil |
| The garbage field was by accident found by the | | | | platforms, while rest is assumed coming from land |
| American ocean researcher Charles Moore in 1997. | | | | based disposal. |