By now most people have heard about the Eastern Garbage Patch, the vortex of ocean currents that keeps plastic and other junk in the eastern pacific area. Perhaps this video will make you think about getting more into recycling or reducing plastic consumption:
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I think this is probably the best way to show how much we need to work to cut down our consumption... which is counterintuitive to everything our civilization now stands for.
