Tip of the Day

Posted on April 12th, 2008 by admin

Be the Solution to Ocean Pollution

Did you know that there is an island in between San Francisco, USA and Hawaii, USA somewhere in the Pacific that is not on any map? It is the size of Texas. How could it not be on a map?

It is not on a map because it is not a real island. It is known as Trash Island or the Great Pacific Garbage Heap.

The Island if formed of floating garbage, mostly plastic, that collects from the entire pacific ocean in a vortex of currents. These currents come together and whola an island the size of Texas and growing.

Trash Patterns of Currents in the Pacific