here are many places polluted by garbage. Especially plastic is a major contributor because it is not biodegradable. Over time plastic breaks down in small particles of just a few millimeter. These small items of plastic is what people refer to if they mention garbage patches or islands. The best way of visualizing The great Pacific Garbage Patch is to imagine a big soup floating in the ocean like oil does. Areas that contain the largest numbers of plastic are the ocean gyres. These are large systems of moving ocean currents. In a systematic drawing you would see that the water is circulating like a vortex. All garbage automatically goes to the middle and stays floating there.
The Pacific Trash Island is around 7 million tons of weight, Twice the size of Texas and Up to 9 feet deep. In the Great Pacific Ocean Gyre there is 6 times more plastic than plankton, which the main food for many ocean animals. By estimation 80% of the plastic originates from land; floating in rivers to the ocean or blew by the wind into the ocean
The Pacific Trash Island is around 7 million tons of weight, Twice the size of Texas and Up to 9 feet deep. In the Great Pacific Ocean Gyre there is 6 times more plastic than plankton, which the main food for many ocean animals. By estimation 80% of the plastic originates from land; floating in rivers to the ocean or blew by the wind into the ocean