The World's Rubbish Dump: A Garbage Tip that Stretches from Hawaii to Japan | CommonDreams.org

The World's Rubbish Dump: A Garbage Tip that Stretches from Hawaii to Japan | CommonDreams.org: "Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer and leading authority on flotsam, has tracked the build-up of plastics in the seas for more than 15 years and compares the trash vortex to a living entity: 'It moves around like a big animal without a leash.' When that animal comes close to land, as it does at the Hawaiian archipelago, the results are dramatic. 'The garbage patch barfs, and you get a beach covered with this confetti of plastic,' he added."