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Originally Posted by pookieroo
Why are there no overhead photos of this garbage patch that is the size of France? Where is it exactly? With all the shots of stranded polar bears (caused by melting ice caps no doubt) you would think that someone would fly over this and get a good wide shot of this phenomena.
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There are many pictures of it, although it is too large to get a whole shot, and it is apparently not visible from a spacecraft or satellite. One of the largest ones is in the Pacific Ocean off of Hawaii. Google it and then click on "Images" at the top of the Google results page, and it will bring up a myriad of images.
As a matter of fact, and I'm not saying this is a reason to disregard reducing consumer plastic waste, it is said that almost half of the patch contains fishing industry garbage. One quarter of the other half is from the Japan Tsunami.
This whole straw/plastic utensils drive will most benefit the individual states/countries that are adopting it.