A rotating 'garbage island' spreads over 1.6 million sq km in the Pacific: Plastic averages 50 kilograms per square kilometre, and 75 to 86% of the debris comes from fishing gear
- A floating and rotating 'garbage island' of an estimated area of 1.6 million square kilometres lies between Hawaii and California, according to a scientific estimate published in 2018.
- The area of the island is said to be larger than Para and nearly three times the size of metropolitan France.
- What exists here is a plastic world consisting of nets, ropes, buoys, containers, fragments and a massive amount of microplastics.
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- A floating and rotating 'garbage island' of an estimated area of 1.6 million square kilometres lies between Hawaii and California, according to a scientific estimate published in 2018.
- The area of the island is said to be larger than Para and nearly three times the size of metropolitan France.
- What exists here is a plastic world consisting of nets, ropes, buoys, containers, fragments and a massive amount of microplastics.
Sources: Times of India