A recap of what happened over the last four weeks in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. | The Ocean Cleanup

Did you know there’s a massive floating island of plastic in the Pacific Ocean twice the size of Texas? Known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it contains over 80,000 tons of plastic, trapping marine life and disrupting entire ecosystems. If we don’t stop plastic pollution, experts predict that by 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean by weight. These plastics break down into toxic chemicals that poison marine animals and eventually make their way into our food chain. Do yo

111K views · 2.8K reactions | We throw eight million tons of plastic into the oceans every year. A lot of it washes up on one tiny Pacific island - and the damage it does to fish and birds could soon be replicated in humans: cnn.com/plasticisland | CNN International | Facebook