The Ocean Cleanup is fighting against this accumulation. In 2024, the foundation removed 11.5 million kilos of garbage from ...

Although some of it is waste from ships and seafaring activities ... in this area has given the North Pacific Gyre the nickname “the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” Most of the marine debris ...

All five of the Earth's major ocean gyres are inundated with plastic pollution. The largest one has been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic ...