How many plastics are in the ocean right now please?

Question

I want to know how many bags and containers are in the ocean. I honestly do care about the environment alot. What y'all think. Thanks y'all for answering my question.

Answer 1

In the middle of the pacific there is a plastic sea.

It is up to 80 feet thick in places.

http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/T...

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Shawn and Curtisports could not be more wrong.

http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=148530850...

Answer 2

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"Plastic contamination in the world's oceans is worse than previously imagined and no amount of technology can clean it up, according to Charles Moore. The oceanographer returned February 23 [2008] from a five-week odyssey in the Pacific Ocean with samples showing 48 parts plastic for every part of plankton."

Answer 3

Since water has a greater density than most plastics, thereby making them buoyant, whatver of them find their way into the oceans do not stay there - they eventually wash up on shore.  Only certain high-density molded plastics have a density greater than water, ie, sinkable, and since the cost of producing these types of plastics is high, items made from them are not throwaway items.  Any that end up in the water do so by accident, and that occurrence is relatively rare.  The oceans are vast, and are not going to be harmed.

Answer 4

the ones that float do not float for long. THey sink as they fill with water...how high can you count haha..there is a c**p load of plastic in our oceans and waterways...really quite sad...