Pacific trash vortex

I’ve been reading about the existence of a giant patch of floating garbage the size of Texas, located in the middle of Pacific Ocean, where it slowly spins around, caught by currents.  It’s a combination of things thrown overboard off ships and land-based trash. If you want to check out an online story about it, visit this link at the Greenpeace website:

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

Yikes.

– Joanne