North Pacific Gyre

Dead Plastic Filled Birds (Video): Artist Chris Jordan's New Mission to Midway Island

Stiv J. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Midway Atoll, Chris Jordan, Plastic Pollution, North Pacific Gyre, Midway-Atoll, Green News
Stiv J. Wilson

Last year, artist Chris Jordan journeyed to Midway Atoll, one of the most remote wildlife refuges on earth to document plastic pollution and it's affects on wildlife. What he found was disturbing.

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No More Plastic Water Bottles

Adele Israel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waste, Recycling, Habits, Plastic, Water Bottles, North Pacific Gyre, Denver News
Adele Israel

I attempted to estimate the number of plastic bottles of water sold in Grand Junction in one week. But discount giants and other corporations hold on to sales figures tighter than oil companies hang on to fracking formulas.

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Media Catches the Boat to Pacific Garbage Patch

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycling, North Pacific Gyre, Recycle, Pacific-Garbage-Patch, Plastic, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Plastic Bottles, Plasticgyre, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

The "away" of our throwaway society turns out to be, in part, a giant patch of broken plastic bits swirling around the Pacific Gyres in an area that has been dubbed "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

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