Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Fact sheet summary

In this educational factsheet, we explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Way out in the Pacific Ocean is an area that sailors have long avoided as it’s often without any wind. It’s here that we find the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an enormous floating mass of plastic.

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