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The so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a stewy body of plastic and marine debris that floats an estimated 1,000 miles west of San Francisco, is a shape-shifting mass far too large, delicate and remote to ever be cleaned up, according to a researcher who recently returned from the area.

But that might not stop the federal government from trying.

The Garbage Patch is not a solid island, as some people believe, Moore said. Instead, it resembles a soupy mass, interspersed with large pieces of junk such as derelict fishing nets and waterlogged tires - "an alphabet soup," he called it.
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2 responses // More on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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    Strangely beautiful. But still wrong of course.

    sdonovan
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    this is pretty revolting. I've read it's twice the size of Texas, which is mind-boggling. Maybe we need to talk about this more, to raise public awareness and get people to realize the extent of our disposable society.

    benjaminV

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