#smttxgreatpacificgarbagepatch

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ocean cleanup team

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Floating Plastics

#01 - This crate found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was produced in 1977.

#02 - This hard hat dates back to 1989.

#03 - This cover of a Nintendo Gameboy was produced in 1995.

#04 - Ocean Plastic Type H: Hard plastic, plastic sheet or film

5 patches of trash

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

source: The Ocean Cleanup

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is the largest of the five offshore plastic accumulation zones in the world’s oceans. It is located halfway between Hawaii and California.

It is estimated that 1.15 to 2.41 million tonnes of plastic are entering the ocean each year from rivers.

The GPGP covers an estimated surface area of 1.6 million square kilometers, an area twice the size of Texas or three times the size of France.

At the time of sampling, there were more than 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in the patch that weigh an estimated 80,000 tonnes. These figures are much higher than previous calculations.

TOTAL MASS AND COUNT

The mass of the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) was estimated to be approximately 80,000 tonnes, which is 4-16 times more than previous calculations. This weight is also equivalent to that of 500 Jumbo Jets.