"Glad Man" step aside-Moore is the real thing

Charles Moore is an oceanologist and first caught sight of the garbage problem, especially the vast amount of plastic present in the ocean in 1997. He and his crew were making their way home to California through the North Pacific subtropical gyre when he encountered this dilemma. It is not usually a common route taken by fishermen because the lack of nutrients creates a poor environment for fish, and sailors often avoid it because it lacks wind to propel their sails. Moore estimated that "there was half a pound of plastic debris for every hundred square meters of sea surface. Multiplying this by the circular area defined by our roughly thousand-mile course through the gyre, the weight of the debris totaled about 3 million tons." The ocean was probably chosen as a dumping ground since it seems so large and never-ending, but the plastic that has accumlated has created a "plastic soup," and now is effecting our very ecosystem. Moore founded the Algalita Marine Research Foundation in 1994, dedicated to restoring the marine environment.

So when it comes to garbage, the white-haired spokesperson of the "Glad" company should step aside, because Moore is the real garbage expert here.