Pacific Garbage Patch

By: Alfredo Mar, Yarelin Placencia, Ricardo Guevara, Jewel Campos

Where this is happening?

-Located in the Pacific Ocean

-There are two garbage patches

Why it’s hard to solve this issue: -Cost -Distance -Effects of photodegradation

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What causes this problem?

-The Coriolis Effect is creating a system of circulating events called a Gyre

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-The currents in the ocean are converging and accumulating debris

What is happening?

• Has one of the highest levels with a lot of plastic
• Some plastic decompose within a year
• Mostly everything is plastic;dead animals

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What will happen if nothing is done to fix the

problem?

-Sea turtles, Albatrosses, other aquatic species will go extinct

-Pollution worsens

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What are we doing to solve this problem?

• Clean-up project
• Giant vacuum
• How does it work?

Thank You