Comments on: Group Sets Sail to Study Pacific Garbage Patch

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:41:23 +0000

I do not see any references for this article.

By: Mike Dougherty

Mike Dougherty — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:43:43 +0000

Great article Amanda ! I spent 25 years in the bottled water business as a Operations Manager and broke away on my own 3 years ago and started a water store in So. Orange County California, Pacific Water Solutions. We have never sold a bottle that cant be reused, such as a SIGG, or green bottle. In our store, you can fill up any reusable bottle with purified water and repeat that process over and over without drinking and discarding the plastic. Can you imagine what our environment will look like if we continue to use and toss 3 million bottles daily ?

By: Tim Dunn

Tim Dunn — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:11:21 +0000

One alternative is PLA, a plastic made out of corn. Essentially, the advocates of PLA ask that we ignore the world hunger problem, throw away a portion of the petroleum and natural gas that is a byproduct of refining fuel, and pay a great deal more for an inferior plastic. PLA only makes sense if you don’t understand its ramifications. We have another alternative: Biodegradable conventional plastic. Read more at http://biogreenproducts.biz .

By: Craig Quirolo

Craig Quirolo — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:54:54 +0000

The solution to this problem starts at home reduce, recycle, reuse…., we knew back in the 60s the evils of disposable plastic products yet look at us now. The biggest problem I see is that all of the developing countries around the world are following in our footsteps which means this island of plastic will only grow bigger. Until this problem is “in our face” nothing will be done. Thank you Project Kaisei ” for bringing it home”.

By: Amanda D

Amanda D — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:54:17 +0000

It might be exciting to think that all that plastic is worth some money, but it is wreaking havoc on the marine life in that region. Click here for more statistics about the horrible effects of plastic waste in our ecosystem: http://tiny.cc/SyfAg