(oceanography) A gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by humans.
Airborne microplastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch are literally heating the planet, not just choking our oceans. The world needs a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that cuts plastic production and finally end…
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a plastic trash nightmare. It could also be part of a much bigger, hidden problem https://www.europesays.com/us/777072/ By Laura Paddison, CNN Tiny fragments of plastic are able to…
(oceanography) A gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by humans.
A reconnaissance flight taken in a modified C-130 Hercules aircraft found a vast clump of mainly plastic waste at the northern edge of what is known as the “great Pacific garbage patch”, located between Hawaii and California.
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(North American) A plastic bag produced for the disposal of household waste.
Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
Relatively large particles of plastic found especially in the marine environment (typically more than about 5 mm).
(Australia, humorous) A garbage collector.
People talk a lot about the Pacific garbage patch but I’m worried about the even more troubling garbage patch in the Atlantic known as “Britain”
“Airborne microplastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch are literally heating the planet, not just choking our oceans. The world needs a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that cuts plastic production and finally ends the age of throwaway plastics.”
“The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a plastic trash nightmare. It could also be part of a much bigger, hidden problem https://www.europesays.com/us/777072/ By Laura Paddison, CNN Tiny fragments of plastic are able to become airborne and, once in our atmosphere,…#us #news #usnews”
“People talk a lot about the Pacific garbage patch but I’m worried about the even more troubling garbage patch in the Atlantic known as “Britain””
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(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A piece of land used for dumping rubbish.
A reconnaissance flight taken in a modified C-130 Hercules aircraft found a vast clump of mainly plastic waste at the northern edge of what is known as the “great Pacific garbage patch”, located between Hawaii and California.
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