The Atlantic Gets Its Own Great Plastic Garbage Patch

From Treehugger:

Plastic marine debris collected in a surface plankton net tow. Photo: Sea Education Association.

Though it hasn't garnered nearly as much attention as its plastic-ridden analog in the Pacific, the North Atlantic Ocean too has its very own gigantic patch of floating plastic waste. Recently the 5 Gyres project has brought some attention to it, and now BBC News reports that scientists from the Sea Education Association have completed a 20 year study on it:

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