On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the worst industrial catastrophes of the modern age, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This so-called island of trash is not an island at all. It is actually quite worse. The gyres in the ocean move every single bit of plastic, garbage, and fishing nets (sooooo many fishing nets) in a constant rotation. While there are areas where the larger trash congeals into solid islands, the majority of it is micro plastic that has broken up due currents and the sun. Think of it as cat litter sized plastic filling our oceans. How much? Try seven million tons that go nine feed deep and spread to an area twice the size of Texas. That’s trillions of bits of plastic, or hundreds of pieces of plastic for every person on the planet. What are the efforts to clean it up? How much will it cost? What damage does this do to the sea life? Who discovered it? What can you do to help? Who is the worst contributor globally? Listen, laugh, learn.

 

Visit Our Sources:

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

https://www.listland.com/10-horrifying-facts-about-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/

https://eradicateplastic.com/10-interesting-facts-about-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/

https://factslegend.org/40-interesting-great-pacific-garbage-patch-facts/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HBtl4sHTqU

https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/media/how-big-great-pacific-garbage-patch-science-vs-myth.html

https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch

https://psmag.com/environment/trash-islands-taking-over-oceans

https://www.foxnews.com/science/plan-to-clear-great-pacific-garbage-patch-texas-sized-island-of-trash-in-ocean-draws-concerns