Environment

Texas sized pile of ocean garbage worse than expected

by mtippett | August 28, 2009 at 01:03 pm

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It's one of the bigger pieces of trash in a sprawling mass of garbage-littered water, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where most of the plastic looks like snowy confetti against the deep blue of the north Pacific Ocean.

Recently scientists ventured into the Pacific to learn more about this colossal, floating garbage dump. What they found was that the problem may be even worse than expected. Wikipedia has more on this tragic phenomenon and if you're interested in trying to get this thing cleaned up you may also want to sign up for the facebook cause.

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Sputnic

at 03:17 on August 29th, 2009

Plenty of unemployed people would love a job, how much money could be made by recycling all that ?

Rhonda J Mangus

at 03:21 on August 29th, 2009

Thanks for this, mtippett!

Barry Artiste

at 03:28 on August 29th, 2009

Holy crap, I guess there is truth in all this when the Simpsons Episode shows the school trip on a beach full of syringes etc from garbage scows dumping in the ocean