The document discusses the Pacific Garbage Patch, an area of concentrated plastic pollution in the North Pacific Ocean. It has negative environmental effects and the garbage comes from plastic waste from countries surrounding the Pacific. Some proposed solutions are to reduce single-use plastic and improve waste management systems, while not solutions are those that do not address the root causes or generate more pollution.
The document discusses the Pacific Garbage Patch, an area of concentrated plastic pollution in the North Pacific Ocean. It has negative environmental effects and the garbage comes from plastic waste from countries surrounding the Pacific. Some proposed solutions are to reduce single-use plastic and improve waste management systems, while not solutions are those that do not address the root causes or generate more pollution.
The document discusses the Pacific Garbage Patch, an area of concentrated plastic pollution in the North Pacific Ocean. It has negative environmental effects and the garbage comes from plastic waste from countries surrounding the Pacific. Some proposed solutions are to reduce single-use plastic and improve waste management systems, while not solutions are those that do not address the root causes or generate more pollution.