A 22-year-old has raised $30M to trap plastic floating in the great Pacific garbage patch The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is one of the most polluted areas of the ocean. 22-year-old Boyan Slat has a potential cleanup solution.

A 22-year-old has raised $30M to trap plastic floating in the great Pacific garbage patch The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is one of the most polluted areas of the ocean. 22-year-old Boyan Slat has a potential cleanup solution.

A 22-year-old is moving ahead with a controversial plan to trap plastic floating in the great Pacifi The Ocean Cleanup has announced a major change in the design of floating structures that will be deployed in the Pacific to gather trash.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Was the Myth We Needed to Save Our Oceans In early August 1997, Charles Moore found himself floating through the North Pacific in his Tasmanian-built catamaran. Moore, an oil heir, activist, an ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Was the Myth We Needed to Save Our Oceans In early August 1997, Charles Moore found himself floating through the North Pacific in his Tasmanian-built catamaran. Moore, an oil heir, activist, an ...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! The “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” covers 8.1% of the Pacific Ocean—TWICE the size of continental U.S.

What to Do About the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Many would say the "plastic pollution awakening" happened in 1997, when Captain Charles Moore discovered the swirling soup of plastic debris in the Pacific's northeastern gyre -- known by many as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Garbage Island: An Ocean Full of Plastic (Part 1/3) Vice sails to the North Pacific Gyre, collecting point for all of the ocean's flotsam and home of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: a mythical, Texas-sized is...

Why is the world's biggest landfill in the Pacific Ocean? - HowStuffWorks The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the world's largest landfill, is located in the middle of the Pacific. Read about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Where Is The Biggest Garbage Dump On Earth? Even though 80% of trash starts on land, tons of it ends up in the ocean, swirling around in a massive patch of plastic debris. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.c...