Someone let me know a few weeks ago about the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch".
Because of circular ocean currents, there is a large collection of trash that appears to be mostly plastics accumulating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii.
The patch is about the size of Texas and is not a solid mass, but more like plastic soup that is floating but also occurring at various depths. It also moves seasonally with the ocean currents, sometimes thousands of miles. Some of the plastic is breaking into smaller bits and is being eaten by ocean animals...and there's concern that plastics will end up in our food chain, too.
Scientists are studying it, but are pretty much in agreement that preventing more plastics from entering the ocean is a key strategy.
">http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/04/pacific.garbage.patch/
http://www.greatgarbagepatch.org/
Green tip of the week: Consider how you might use less plastics in your daily life.
We're extremely fortunate that most of us are already using refillable water containers here in the library and that San Jose has recycling facilities available for plastics labeled 1 to 7.
Here's a news story that the University of Portland will stop selling plastic water bottles and is encouraging their campus to use reusable containers.
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Disposable-plastic-water-bottles-no-longer-available-at-UP-82710507.html/
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