Have you heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? It is a whole collection of marine litter made up of plastics, chemical sludge and other debris in the Pacific Ocean.

This offshore rubbish dump was formed by ocean currents converging at that area of the ocean, and is now estimated to be twice the size of Texas. To give you a rough gauge of how humongous the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is, The area of Singapore is 710 km² and Texas is only slightly smaller at 696 km². This means that the whole Garbage Patch is almost twice the size of Singapore! Imagine how much litter Man has been allowing into our oceans to create such an astonishing feature.


And don't think that this is as bad as it can get: There is also a similar garbage patch in the Atlantic Ocean.

For more information about the astounding pollution caused by Man, read the following articles:

Why is the World's Biggest Landfill in the Pacific Ocean?

Atlantic Garbage Patch: Pacific Gyre is Not Alone