An initiative that are creating awareness of the number of islands that are made of tonnes of rubbish...

http://www.garbagepatchstate.org/en/

“I found out about the tragic islands made of plastic, but they were treated lightly by the scientific community," says Finucci. "There were no photos and images are necessary to gauge the problem.”

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