The Island of Garbage

Posted by: Nate Berg

25 April 2008 - 5:00am

This 12-part video series from Vice gives a gritty look at the Texas-sized patch of plastic flotsam that has formed in the Pacific Ocean -- and the global environmental and health hazards it presents.

Part 1 of 12.

Full Story: Garbage Island

Source: VBS, April 7, 2008

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