Have you heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? It's a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean — the largest accumulation of plastic in the world. In fact, the oceans are so overwhelmed with plastic pollution that if the Great Pacific garbage patch were a country, it would be the 19th largest in the world. Check out our interactive map to see how it measures up to other places for yourself: https://biodiv.us/3SMFWSs | Center for Biological Diversity

According to our projections, we expect to be able to clean the entire Great Pacific Garbage Patch (containing 100,000,000kg of plastic) using ten systems based on System 03. This animated video shows our vision of this future: | The Ocean Cleanup

A terrifyingly large collection of trash, more than twice the size of Texas, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, continues to grow in the Pacific Ocean, creating problems for both sea creatures and humans. https://bit.ly/2VpIlIL | AccuWeather

Everything there is to know about our new research on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, in under 3 minutes. Learn more on www.theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch | The Ocean Cleanup

Science has proved us right: we must clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Here's why in less than a minute. #worldoceansday | The Ocean Cleanup

This was the moment we knew cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was possible - and we could do it. | The Ocean Cleanup