'Great Pacific garbage patch' far bigger than imagined, aerial survey shows

Sat, 29 Oct 2016 15:23:58 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/04/great-pacific-garbage-patch-ocean-plastic-trash>

"Giant collection of fishing nets, plastic containers and other
discarded items called a ‘ticking time bomb’ as large items crumble into
micro plastics"

When we "throw things away", it turns out there is no "away" after all.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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