ABC News aired a segment today about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (aka the North Pacific Gyre) -- I've heard a lot about the swirling mass of trash, but these are the first actual images I've seen. Check it out -- and sign our plastics pledge if you haven't already.
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Posted by emily | Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 4:22pm
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Categories: Miscellaneous | Keywords: abc news, algalita marine research, charles moore, diane sawyer, great pacific garbage patch, north pacific gyre, plastics pledge
Posted by emily | Monday, July 14, 2008 at 6:52pm
Everybody's talking about the detrimental effects of plastic, both on human health and the environment -- and this week's article in Time magazine is adding to the buzz.
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Posted by emily | Monday, June 23, 2008 at 6:50pm
Perhaps you've heard about the "Garbage Patch," the unthinkably large flotilla of trash, much of which is plastic, floating in the Pacific Ocean. If you haven't -- or even if you have -- check out this piece from yesterday's New York Times Magazine.
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Categories: Miscellaneous | Keywords: alaska, charles moore, garbage patch, gore point, marine debris, north pacific gyre, ocean conservancy, plastic pollution, plastics pledge
