First-ever aerial survey of the ‘Great Pacific garbage patch’ shows the problem is worse than we thought
Published in News on Research / Academia
The density of the trash is growing so fast that the patch is becoming visible from space
The plastic pollution problem in charts
Published in Other News
The total volume of all plastic ever produced has been calculated at 8.3 bn tonnes (the equivalent of 25,000 Empire State Buildings, or a billion elephants)
