#PacificGarbagePatch
Why do we never think to clean up after ourselves until the task is backbreaking/existential? #SpaceJunk #PacificGarbagePatch #GlobalWarming
March 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
First catches for @BoyanSlat, founder of @theoceancleanup to pick up the 1.8 trillion pieces of #plastic trash floating in the Great #PacificGarbagePatch. La grande corsa per salvare la #fauna marina dalla morte per #plastica: "Qualcuno doveva provarci", via @L_Economia
November 17, 2024 at 10:42 AM
#HoldPlasticManufacturersAccountable
they KNOW that the vast majority of their plastic cannot or will not be recycled. they should be made to clean up the mess they have made!! #CrimesAgainstOurPlanet #PacificGarbagePatch #BanSingleUsePlastic

If it cannot harmlessly degrade
It should not be made
Indonesia faces a severe plastic waste crisis, leaking an estimated 1.3 million metric tons of plastic into the ocean annually.

13 organizations and businesses in Indonesia have launched the Indonesian Reuse Association to promote sustainable reuse systems as an alternative to single-use plastic.
New coalition focuses on ‘reuse’ to tackle top polluter Indonesia’s plastic waste problem
JAKARTA — Thirteen organizations and businesses have launched the Indonesian Reuse Association, or AGUNI, a coalition dedicated to building a sustainable reuse system to curb the country’s worsening…
news.mongabay.com
August 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Not sure how #feasible this is, but #kinetic #islands made from the #PacificGarbagePatch - Thank you, #SouthKorea... http://fb.me/1zsk7qrgv
410 Gone
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November 22, 2024 at 8:18 AM
That Great Pacific Garbage Patch is almost half used fishing gear (and not consumer plastic so much of the press portrays it as...) <a href="http://bit.ly/Great-PacificGarbagePatch" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://bit.ly/Great-PacificGarbagePatch
Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly ...
Ocean plastic can persist in sea surface waters, eventual...
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November 19, 2024 at 10:48 AM
A soup of plastics at least half a century old and first noticed before half the world’s population was even born- and growing every year since #gyre #microplastics #pacificgarbagepatch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn't just a floating trash pile
There are roughly 171 trillion pieces of plastic lurking in the world's oceans.
www.popsci.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I was going to attempt to refill this tapped-out pen, but it’s manufactured in such a way it’s not easily disassembled. Clearly on the #PacificGarbagePatch ‘s payroll. #righttorepair #singleuseplastic
January 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM