According to recent estimates, rivers carryย 1.15 to 2.41 million tonnes of plasticย into our oceans every year. The global extravagant plastic usage has resulted in a large mass of floating trash, located in the North Pacific ocean. Following common ocean gyres, the waste plastics come together to form human-made garbage islands. Located between Hawaii and California, the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” has a surface area that is twice the size of Texas and is still growing at a worrying rate.
