Where It All Began

Ever since there have been humans sailing the seas or living along the sea shores, there has been garbage discarded into the rivers or seas that eventually lead to oceans. The number of debris in the ocean has greatly increased since the 1940s as a result of a greater use of plastic. It has resulted in a great amount of imperishable trash floating in the ocean. Some are stuck in gyres and other are eventually washed onto the shores of beaches.

There are many irresponsible people in the world and when they bring things to the beaches, they leave their residue on the beach. This residue, is later washed into the ocean when the tide comes in and takes the waste along with it. Garbage has also been deliberately and accidentally thrown into the sea off of ships.

Our goal is to present possible solutions to the increase of grabge in the thrown into the North Pacific Gyres in the 1940s.