"Trashed"

Freakonomics Radio

Podcast about garbage called "Trashed" by Stephen J. Dubner.

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Stephen talks to Captain Moore who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 1997. The two talk about the discovery and what it means for the environment.

The 3 Rs

Garbage = YUCK!

What is the Pacific Garbage Gyre?

• The Pacific Garbage Gyre formed gradually as a result of marine pollution gathered by oceanic currents.
• Large and stationary bound by the North Pacific Gyre, the gyre's rotational pattern draws in waste material from across the North Pacific Ocean, including ciastal waters off North America and Japan; wind driven surface currents gradually move floating debris towards the centre, trapping it in the region.
• Estimated to be twice the size of Texas. Can be debated as some have said that it is twice the size of the continental USA.