In today’s world, almost everything we own has some percentage of plastic in it. Despite our efforts, great portions of plastic end up in swirling masses in our waters. Masses we call garbage patches.
The National Geographic tells us that our planet has five great garbage masses. Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, is made of marine trash from the North Pacific Ocean. It is considered a vortex of plastic waste. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch consists of the lesser Western Garbage Patch and the lesser Eastern Garbage Patch.
Gaining in size are the South Pacific Garbage Patch, the North Atlantic Garbage Patch, the South Atlantic Garbage Patch, and the Indian Ocean Garbage Patch.
Should any one country attempt to clean up a single garbage patch, it would bankrupt that county. So, what can we do?
One by one, states are outlawing the use of plastic bags. California is outlawing the use of plastic straws. It’s not enough.
Our marine life ingests plastic daily. Every human being eats up to a credit card worth of plastic each year. Unless something is done, our world may become more plastic than soil and water.