wow. I like to consider myself informed to global events but I'm embarrassed to admit that I NEVER knew about this
I found someones
blog post about it. There are 6 of these *garbage islands* floating around the earth! 3 million tons. How many zeros is that!??!
The miracle of plastic has been around only 50 years, but some forms of it may take 100,000 years to fully degrade."
yeah... that's it. I'm not even using plastic bags to pick up after my dog anymore!
Thanks for posting about this. It really opened my eyes.