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Bookmark or Share- Why is the world's biggest landfill in the Pacific Ocean ...But the area is filled with something besides plankton: trash, millions of pounds of it, most of it plastic. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, is the largest landfill in the world, and it floats in the middle of the ocean.
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch - EducationThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, spans waters from the West Coast of North America to Japan. The patch is actually comprised of the Western Garbage Patch, located near Japan, and the Eastern Garbage Patch, located between the U.S. states of Hawai'i and California.
- 10 interesting facts about the Great Pacific Garbage PatchPlastic pollution has led to the emergence of thriving communities of coastal creatures in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a vast area of trash spanning 620,000 square miles between California and Hawaii.
- What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? - NOAA's National Ocean ServiceThe name "Pacific Garbage Patch" has led many to believe that this area is a large and continuous patch of easily visible marine debris items such as bottles and other litter—akin to a literal island of trash that should be visible with satellite or aerial photographs.
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch - WikipediaThe name "Pacific Garbage Patch" has led many to believe that this area is a large and continuous patch of easily visible marine debris items such as bottles and other litter – akin to a literal island of trash that should be visible with satellite or aerial photographs.
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