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# Oceans of Rubbish
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/oceans-of-rubbish/
- Published: 2006-08-23T14:27:30.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-24T15:17:43.000Z
- Description: The largest dump in the world isn√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t outside New York or London or Shanghai but in a desolate stretch of the…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:15

[The largest dump in the world](http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2006/08/oceans-of-garbage.html?ref=protein.xyz) isn’t outside New York or London or Shanghai but in a desolate stretch of the Pacific Ocean nearly a thousand miles from the nearest island, that is full of [plastic](http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/Trashing-Oceans-Plastic4nov02.htm?ref=protein.xyz). Held together by a slowly rotating system of currents northeast of Hawaii, the Eastern Garbage Patch is more than just a few floating plastic bottles washed out to sea; the Patch is a giant mass of [trash-laden water](http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/Moore-Trashed-PacificNov03.htm?ref=protein.xyz).