Marine Debris
What is the estimate of garbage that exists?
Recent estimates put the amount of plastic floating in the world’s oceans at more than 5.25 trillion pieces weighing more than 268,000 metric tons. That translates to as much as 100,000 pieces per square kilometer in some areas of the ocean. This is a new ocean habitat know as the plastisphere. A report from the World Economic Forum earlier this year estimates that the weight of plastic in the ocean will equal the weigh of fish by 2050. According to the report the worldwide use of plastic has increased 20-fold in the past 50 years and is expected to double again in the next 20 years.
What are the main garbage piles?
The concentration of this material is housed in five plastic islands discovered in the oceans, two in the Pacific, two in the Atlantic and one in the Indian Ocean.
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