The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Over hundreds to thousands of years, tons of trash was allowed to gather together in the Eastern Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California. So much that it became the largest patch of trash in the world, it's sheer size being estimated to be 1.6 million square kilometers, being bigger than many countries in the world. All of this trash is located together because of circular ocean currents called gyres.

Due to the amount of trash polluting the ocean, there have been animals killed because of it in gruesome ways by getting stuck in it. The other reason is because of bioaccumulation caused by animals confusing plastic and other garbage in the ocean for food. Through these events there has been a push to remove trash from the patch. Boyan Slat, the CEO of The Ocean Cleanup has ambitious plans to get rid of half of the garbage patch within 10 years. While it is uncertain how things will play out, it's good that there's a push to correct what humans have destroyed.