Disturbingly, the Patch is not a floating island ... yet plastic fills the entire water column, going down thousands of feet to the seabed. And the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not alone.
Kolhapur residents express outrage over the foul smell, dead fish, and increasing garbage at Irani quarry, raising concerns over water pollution and public health as the local government plans ...
Every year, millions of pounds of garbage pollute ... (SOUNDBITE OF WATER SPLASHING) MAROHN: Louth and Fekete are with a nonprofit called Clean Up the Lake, based in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.