davidsyes's Journal: "Great Garbage Patch "

"It's hard to imagine the scope and breadth of the Great Garbage Patch that lies in the North Pacific Gyre in the Pacific Ocean between the West Coast and Hawaii. It's estimated to be about double the size of Texas. Most people think of it as an island of trash, but that's not accurate. It's floating debris - about 80 percent of it plastic, according to Charles Moore of Algalita Marine Research Foundation - that is caught between ocean currents. And that debris is getting thicker and thicker in the water."

http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/algalita-junk.php

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/pollution/trash-vortex

http://saveourshores.org/news/pelagic-plastic-stories-north-pacific-gyre