The North Pacific Gyre's Plastics

The North Pacific Gyre's Plastics

Many folks have heard that there's a great trash heap in the Pacific Ocean. If you try to find a picture that proves the existence of the great trash heap, you can't find one. Why?
Welp, this giant accumulation of trash is made up of a great deal of plastic debris that has been eroded down into tiny pieces sometimes referred to as "plastic confetti." These pieces are incorporated into the water column and sometimes cannot be seen unless they are pulled up in a trawl. Here is how small the pieces get (well, they get even smaller than this):

As you can imagine, sea birds, fish, marine mammals, and sea turtles can ingest this plastic making it very detrimental to the ecosystem. Everyone knows that plastic does not biodegrade, which means it'll be floating there for an indeterminite amount of time. Every time I think about buying a plastic product, I try to think about this trash in the Pacific Ocean...