Okay, this is the second time this week I have read an article about. this, and it is freaking my wee little mind out, frankly. The Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch. Hmph. Yes, apparently there is a ginormous, swirling "patch" of garbage out in the Pacific Ocean. Calling it a "patch" seems quite the misnomer, when they keep judging its size to be close to the area of Texas or France. Why is this just starting to leak out? This is disgusting, dispicable and disparaging to the entire human race that we treat our planet, our home, in this manner. How long are we going to wait before we do something about this???

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/translating-uncle-sam/stories/what-is-the-great-pacific-ocean-garbage-patch