The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the world's largest accumulation of ocean plastics and has been growing since it was first discovered in 1997. 9News
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastics in the world, spanning from the West Coast of North America to Japan, and has been growing since it was first identified in 1997.has been working tirelessly to reduce rubbish in the GPGP, using a long U-shaped net that is dragged by two large ships through the Pacific to collect the plastic and they are about to unleash an improved system that can remove 7000 kilograms of plastic in less than four days.
Starting at 800 metres, the new net will now span 2500 metres in length and four metres in depth, requiring a third support ship to assist given the sheer size of the cleaning system.The Great Pacific Garbage Match as mapped by The Ocean Cleanup in 2016. The environmentally conscious group have considered the impact of adding an extra ship to operations, along with whether it should be powered or how large the net should be, and "won't expand further until we can do it responsibly".
"Entanglement in floating debris or internal blockages" is the most common cause of injury and death. Once plastic enters the marine food web, there is also a high possibility that it will contaminate human food as well.sampled from both popular and remote beaches across South Australia.