| " ![]() On June 10 2009 Captain Charles Moore and the crew of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation research vessel Alguita set off on the first leg of a four month expedition to study plastic marine debris. The crew will sail west as far as the International Date Line to sample areas of the Pacific Ocean previously un-sampled for plastic pollution.
Captain Moore discovered the ""Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch""and he suspects the contamination is more widespread. His research will help us understand the devastating effects of plastic pollution on our oceans and our lives. Read update emails received directly from Captain Moore at The Huffington Post. Download the brochure ""Plastics Are Forever"" (PDF) and visit the ORV Alguita ship's blog. FACT: Only 3.5% of plastics are recycled in any way. 63 pounds of plastic packaging goes into landfills in the U.S. per person per year. Broken degraded plastic pieces outweigh surface zooplankton in the Central North Pacific by 6 to 1.
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