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a gyre of floatsam

If you were pondering where garbage goes once it’s tossed into the lovely Pacific Ocean, ponder no more. As the New York Times reports, it gathers into floating islands of crap.

“Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the Pacific garbage patch, an area of widely dispersed trash that doubles in size every decade and is now believed to be roughly twice the size of Texas.

Of course, the Pacific is not alone. Gyres of flotsam circulate the globe.

Think local, trash global.

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By stiles – November 9, 2009

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