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The great Pacific Ocean is facing a significant threat of pollution called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. With the growing climate changes and environmental hazards, our planet has been struggling with serious issues like the world garbage problem.
Water loss is one of the if not the most significant threats. Although water pollution is seen everywhere, ocean pollution can lead to much more striking and dire consequences
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is currently the largest in our waters. It’s a high-priority Global garbage problem that requires instant attention. We can say that The Pacific Ocean is starting to be a landfill for plastic waste. Let’s take a deeper look at the current situations, facts, and reasons for this pollution.
Garbage patches are piles of waste on oceans and seas that are mainly formed from marine debris or, to be specific, plastic wastes. More than 5.25 trillion pieces of trash pollute our oceans, and The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an enormous pile of plastic waste floating in the oceans. It is located between California and Hawaii and is surrounded by The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, which has 20 million square kilometers.
An unfortunate fact is that not all marine debris is visible and floating on the surface. Approximately 70 percent of marine debris is located underwater. Furthermore, it is a more significant struggle to determine the quantity of waste in the garbage patch. (source)
As mentioned before, plastic is the primary material of marine debris. Are we aware of how dangerous plastic waste can be for the environment? Plastic contains different materials that are considered hazardous. If released in our waters, they will affect the animals, waters, humans, and generally the whole ecosystem. Animals will consume hazardous plastic materials and end up being poisoned. After the animals are harmed, then comes human harm. Moreover, humans will be affected as much as animals because they will eat hazardous sea products.
To prevent the plastics from hazardous material release the two key components are recycling and waste management. If you want to gain more information about hazardous waste and its environmental effects, read here.
Rubbish patch in oceans is resourced from different channels. Unfortunately, gyres are making the Patch grow. As we mentioned before, plastics have the lead on the piled wastes. They can not be treated naturally, so their presence and effects can last for a long time. We should look for ways to avoid the tremendous damage that plastic waste will cause the ocean and our lives due to the effects mentioned above.
The best approach is to decrease our plastic usage and start recycling. Humans are the cause of this degradation in the oceans. Creating a sustainable recycling process can benefit the environment in the long run, but Recycling business owners should adopt smart waste management systems now. Without all-in-one solutions, the operations cant be optimized.
The collection part is critical. Moreover, if there are complications during the collection operations, the uncollected waste will be out in nature. With an efficient fleet management system, all plastic and waste collection systems can be under control.
The garbage island pacific is expanding day by day. Some nonprofit organizations and NGOs are trying to raise awareness of the situation. The plastic cleanup in ocean techniques is not very practical because many waste pieces are tiny (some can’t be seen with our eyes). The nets used for the wastes might catch sea creatures and harm their species.
Sustainable recycling methods and smart garbage disposal are always the most potent approaches to fight plastic and hazardous wastes. Also, we should spread awareness and always think twice before choosing plastic options.
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