Rubbish dump found floating in Pacific Ocean is twice the size of America

[warezkid3]

A rubbish dump twice the size of the United States has been discovered floating in the Pacific Ocean.
The vast expanse of debris, made up of plastic junk including footballs, kayaks, Lego blocks and carrier bags, is kept together by swirling underwater currents.
It stretches from 500 nautical miles off the Californian coast, across the northern Pacific, past Hawaii and almost as far as Japan.
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Habbox UK Forum - Post New Thread (http://habboxforum.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=1086)http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_01/SoupLL0502_468x271.jpg'Plastic soup': The vast expanse of rubbish is kept together by swirling currents. It stretches from 500 nautical miles off the Californian coast, across the Pacific, past Hawaii and almost as far as Japan

Because the rubbish, which has been called a “plastic soup” and a “trash vortex”, is translucent and lies just below the water's surface it cannot be seen in satellite photographs.
American oceanographer Charles Moore discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by chance in 1997 while taking a short cut home from a yacht race.
He said: “Every time I came on deck there was trash floating by. How could we have fouled such a huge area? How could this go on for a week?”

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_01/SeaRubbish1_228x346.jpgAround a fifth of sea junk is thrown off ships or oil platforms - the rest comes from land

He warned that the rubbish could double in size over the next decade if consumers do not cut back on their use of plastics. More than a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals die every year as a result of plastic rubbish.
Syringes, cigarette lighters and toothbrushes have all been found inside the stomachs of dead seabirds.
The rubbish can also be dangerous for humans, because tiny plastic pellets in the sea can attract man-made chemicals which then enter the food chain.
Research director Dr Marcus Eriksen said: “What goes into the ocean goes into these animals and onto your dinner plate. It's that simple.”
Oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer compared the rubbish to a living entity. He said: “It moves around like a big animal without a leash.” Describing what happens when it reaches land, he said: “The garbage patch barfs, and you get a beach covered with this confetti of plastic.”
The rubbish dump is made up of two linked areas either side of Hawaii. Around one-fifth of the junk is thrown off ships or oil platforms, while the rest comes from the land.




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Bloody hell. that alot.

[Neversoft]

Found in 1997? Have you dug up old news or has this just been released now?

Ok, checked link and it's recent. If it was found in 1997 why are they telling us now? :S

[warezkid3]

Last updated at 00:20am on 6th February 2008

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[Jordy]

I personally think this is an excellent way to dump rubbish, it's not ideal or perfect, but it's the best we have. So what if a few birds die, what do a few birds ever do for us? Besides in the UK it's unlikely we eat birds from the Pacific ocean.

If it's so difficult to discover then it can be hidden easily and won't bother anyone, it's like it's not there almost.

[Neversoft]

I personally think this is an excellent way to dump rubbish, it's not ideal or perfect, but it's the best we have. So what if a few birds die, what do a few birds ever do for us? Besides in the UK it's unlikely we eat birds from the Pacific ocean.

If it's so difficult to discover then it can be hidden easily and won't bother anyone, it's like it's not there almost.

I doubt it's difficult to discover, haha. It was discovered over a decade ago. It just can't been seen in satellite photographs.

They should blast rubbish into space, theres enough of that and it does no one any harm. Do you know how much things we use the ocean for? If we fill it up with rubbish that won't do any good.

[warezkid3]

Why do it in the sea, when you can do it in space?

I really think it should be in space, nothing can go wrong? unless it comes back, but it burn up anywayz.

And the sea?, we need fish, they are one of our man foods that we eat, contuine doing this, will raise sea level as well.

[Technologic]

Why do it in the sea, when you can do it in space?

I really think it should be in space, nothing can go wrong? unless it comes back, but it burn up anywayz.

And the sea?, we need fish, they are one of our man foods that we eat, contuine doing this, will raise sea level as well.
It would cost trillions and trillions of dollars to send all the world's rubbish into space. It just isn't economicallly viable.. plus if something go3s wrong.. burning rubbish distributed over a vast radius...

[-Xiangu-]

the rubbish would burn up in the atmosphere so it wouldn't get distributed

[Jordy]

the rubbish would burn up in the atmosphere so it wouldn't get distributedHe meant if it didn't even get out the atmosphere before something went wrong.

It isn't cheap or easy to send it up into space, however it would put an end to it easily.

[Alkaz]

oh my god.

[Bibliophobia]

but den some aliens

wld come and get angry

well at least we'd av a new episode of dr who

[-:Undertaker:-]

I doubt it's difficult to discover, haha. It was discovered over a decade ago. It just can't been seen in satellite photographs.

They should blast rubbish into space, theres enough of that and it does no one any harm. Do you know how much things we use the ocean for? If we fill it up with rubbish that won't do any good.

That would cost billions and would be an impossible task.

I have always been for the buring of rubbish as a fuel, it's free and there's plenty of it so why aren't we burning it? - Nuclear and Rubbish are are best power souces economically and in every other way.

[Fart]

like wow :o

I recon they should take a hell of alot of rubbish into space and throw it into the sun :D

[-Xiangu-]

why not have a huge floating platform in the area where the rubbish is now to put the rubbish onto then ever 5 years or so get it sent into space

[Niall!]

It would cost trillions and trillions of dollars to send all the world's rubbish into space. It just isn't economicallly viable.. plus if something go3s wrong.. burning rubbish distributed over a vast radius...

3 words

GIANT ******* CATAPULT :8

[---MAD---]

That would cost billions and would be an impossible task.

I have always been for the buring of rubbish as a fuel, it's free and there's plenty of it so why aren't we burning it? - Nuclear and Rubbish are are best power souces economically and in every other way.
Rubbish like plastics release toxics which are dangerous. Thats the main reason I think. Plus the amount of energy made from it wouldn't be worth it.

[Jordy]

Rubbish like plastics release toxics which are dangerous. Thats the main reason I think. Plus the amount of energy made from it wouldn't be worth it.What's been suggested is that they put the dangerous toxic gas's underground in large 'Bubbles' like an old tin mine, seal it off so it can't escape, and then it's trapped underground, not causing any harm. The risky bit is though, in hundreds of years, if someone made a hole in it, it'd all escape and you'd have loads of the dangerous gases leaping into the atmosphere.

[Minstrels]

It would cost trillions and trillions of dollars to send all the world's rubbish into space. It just isn't economicallly viable.. plus if something go3s wrong.. burning rubbish distributed over a vast radius...
FOOD FIGHT!

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[lScottl]

Because Undertaker, we have perfectly fine ways of generating power now.

[Jordy]

Because Undertaker, we have perfectly fine ways of generating power now.Lmao you really need to get with it... We do not have perfect ways.

Nuclear is good, but rather expensive and difficult to dispose of, however it's one of the most efficient.

Coal powered stations will run out of Coal eventually and lots of people are against them as they release green house gases when burnt, triggering off some so-called thing 'Global Warming'

Windfarms are expensive and take up a lot of a space, and in some people's eyes are unattractive.

Then we have incineration like Undertaker suggested, though it is currently used. Yet again it releases 'Dangerous gases' into the atmosphere.

If you ever turned on the news, read a decent newspaper, looked on bbc.co.uk/news or listened in Science class's you'd realise there is a big issue with trying to get energy, as they all have problems.

[Neversoft]

That would cost billions and would be an impossible task.

I have always been for the buring of rubbish as a fuel, it's free and there's plenty of it so why aren't we burning it? - Nuclear and Rubbish are are best power souces economically and in every other way.

It may cost money, but it's not impossible at all. If we continue the way we're going, thats going to cost us the most money. Man will destroy Earth.

[dannyisnotamazing]

Why can't they just print loads of money off and then give it to ppl and then we wouldn't need to worry about money :O

[-Xiangu-]

that was my first thought danny but its something about the economy being out of balance if we done that. its unfair and confusing in my opinion

[Niall!]

Why can't they just print loads of money off and then give it to ppl and then we wouldn't need to worry about money :O

Ino it's really fick

[Jordy]

Why can't they just print loads of money off and then give it to ppl and then we wouldn't need to worry about money :OIf they do it slowly then you could do it without effecting economy. But if the Bank of England began giving 50 pound notes to everyone then it would effect inflation largely. All the shop prices would rise, so everyone would be richer, but the money would be worth no more or less.

For example if a PS2 was £50, and the Bank of england gave everyone around £50, it would probably rise to somewhere in the region of £70-£120.

If the government just slowly kept giving themselves a few million quid every day then there would be no knock-on effects for a while.

It's like when there minimum wage goes up, loads and loads of people get richer, but there is lots of inflation so they can't buy anything more than what they used to be able to buy usually.

[dannyisnotamazing]

yeah but if they just let you buy home printers to make ur own money

businesses can stay open cos they have the cash and then ppl can buy from them still, therefore they still make money and then loads of people can just have millions of cash like africa and then there would be no poor people and it would be well cool.

i always wonder why they just dont do that

[-Xiangu-]

its already been said. its inflation. if people printed their own money then shops would put the prices of items up therefore example:

before people make their own cash: civilian has £50.00 buys choco bar for £2.00

After people make their own cash: civillian has £70.00 buys choco bar for £5.00

~You see as more money goes into circulation then prices go up

[tdi]

It may cost money, but it's not impossible at all. If we continue the way we're going, thats going to cost us the most money. Man will destroy Earth.
as you mentioned, it will cost more than money.

[Neversoft]

as you mentioned, it will cost more than money.

No it won't. As I said before, if this continues the way it's going, it will end up costing the most money anyway.

[Virgin Mary]

That's disgusting

[stratosphere]

Why do it in the sea, when you can do it in space?

Haven't you seen Futurama??

A big load of garbage would eventually start falling on us again >_>

[-:Undertaker:-]

Rubbish like plastics release toxics which are dangerous. Thats the main reason I think. Plus the amount of energy made from it wouldn't be worth it.

The rubbish we make is tonnes and tonnes, I would rather have energy from it rather than burying it. What good will burying rubbish do?


Because Undertaker, we have perfectly fine ways of generating power now.

Such as Nuclear and Burning rubbish. If your on about wind farms then you need to read more on the subject because I can tell you now wind farms are no good.


It may cost money, but it's not impossible at all. If we continue the way we're going, thats going to cost us the most money. Man will destroy Earth.

How?
Chris babes don't tell me you believe the 'We are all going to die scientists' :(


Why can't they just print loads of money off and then give it to ppl and then we wouldn't need to worry about money :O

Yeah good idea then we'll be just like Zimbabwe...

[---MAD---]

Burning rubbish produces a lot of dangerous toxics etc and the energy made from it isn't worth all the investment in technology to turn it into energy. IMO recyling plastic is far better.

[Frodo13.]

IMO recyling plastic is far better.

I agree. Recycling should be made alot easier, because at the moment it can be quite complicated and time consuming.

[Shrlurp]

ewwwwww!

Looks awful.

[Recursion]

I personally think this is an excellent way to dump rubbish, it's not ideal or perfect, but it's the best we have. So what if a few birds die, what do a few birds ever do for us? Besides in the UK it's unlikely we eat birds from the Pacific ocean.

If it's so difficult to discover then it can be hidden easily and won't bother anyone, it's like it's not there almost.

What have we done for all the animals on the earth right now? Destroy their habitat...

If they somehow could launch our rubbish into space, they could aim it at black holes. Black holes creep me out... how the hell can something go into them then just randomly seese to exist?

[Okapi-741]

I personally think this is an excellent way to dump rubbish, it's not ideal or perfect, but it's the best we have. So what if a few birds die, what do a few birds ever do for us? Besides in the UK it's unlikely we eat birds from the Pacific ocean.

If it's so difficult to discover then it can be hidden easily and won't bother anyone, it's like it's not there almost.


I CANT BELEIVE THIS.

why do we have to dump our rubbish in the sea or into space!

I think we should recycle, its better for the world and somethings cant be recycled, well i think we shouldnt make something if we cant recycle it!


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[e5]

I personally think this is an excellent way to dump rubbish, it's not ideal or perfect, but it's the best we have. So what if a few birds die, what do a few birds ever do for us? Besides in the UK it's unlikely we eat birds from the Pacific ocean.

If it's so difficult to discover then it can be hidden easily and won't bother anyone, it's like it's not there almost.

hat's like saying what do a few humans do to us? Oh yeah lets just kill a few off.. obviously not. Birds might, for all we know have close families etc and you're just saying that "/.. You clearly don't care about the world's enviroment! Recycle peeps. All this rubbish can also kill sea life.