DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC WASTE IN OUR OCEANS

AND

THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH

Videos:

 What is a Gyre? and The Great Pacific Garbage Patch 

80% of the plastic litter found in the oceans today comes from the land of countries throughout the world. As this waste enters the ocean it is transported by major ocean systems from one country to another by what is known as a gyre.

  

Today there are five
major gyres in the 
oceans. Of these the
these the North Pacific
Gyre has the distinction
of being the largest
ecosystem on Earth
with the largest collection of man-
made marine debris
Often described as being twice the size of the state of Texas this debris is often referred to as the:
      Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

        California's plastic
        waste ends up on 
        on Japan's shore
        line and Japan's
        plastic waste ends
        up on California's
        shore line.