Comments on: It’s a whale! It’s a fish! It’s…the North Pacific Trash Gyre!

By: free fax online

free fax online — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:30:09 +0000

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By: Sterling Club Connect

Sterling Club Connect — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:36:59 +0000

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By: North Pacific Trash Gyre? at green.mnp

North Pacific Trash Gyre? at green.mnp — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:02:37 +0000

[...] Rant ended, I saw this article over at The Oyster’s Garter about the supposed “North Pacific Trash Gyre,” which is what it sounds like: a huge floating pile of Trash in the Pacific. Because our earth is some 75% water, it’s not a big deal that you don’t particularly notice this “trash gyre,” an effing whirpool of muck south of Cali, but it damn sure is a big deal that it’s there. And it’s the size of Texas. The Pacific is not big enough, however, to hide all the plastic crap that comes pouring off North American and Asia. Many of the broken flipflops, lost plastic bags, abandoned waterbottles, and so forth collect in the North Pacific Gyre, which is essentially a big slow gentle whirlpool. But instead of sucking the trash down, it just collects at the center, forming a floating trash heap the size of Texas. LINK [...]

By: Where Does Electricity Come From? « Rpromo’s Blog

Where Does Electricity Come From? « Rpromo’s Blog — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:24:26 +0000

[...] well-insulated from the actual effects. Most of us don’t live by a feedlot or a landfill, and trash collecting in massive whirlpools in the middle of the ocean are…in the middle of the ocean. That’s one reason why this light switch cover featuring [...]

By: dede

dede — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:23:38 +0000

people pick up your shit. is that too much to ask. just pick up after yourselfse. GEEZ

By: bob

bob — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:46:45 +0000

wow

By: Kevin Zelnio

Kevin Zelnio — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:50:44 +0000

A dumpster diver’s paradise! I bet there are two matching pairs of tevas in there somewhere!

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:26:22 +0000

Ack! Suddenly every link on your blog goes to “It’s a whale! It’s a fish! It’s…the North Pacific Trash Gyre!” I know trash gyres are important, but jeez!

By: Why there are no pictures of the North Pacific Trash Gyre « The Oyster’s Garter

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:26:13 +0000

[...] Pacific Trash Gyre A lot of folks over on Digg were very skeptical of the existence of the North Pacific Trash Gyre. They want to know: why are there no photos of floating heaps of trash? Why can’t you see the [...]

By: North Pacific Trash Gyre gone wild! « The Oyster’s Garter

North Pacific Trash Gyre gone wild! « The Oyster’s Garter — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:54:14 +0000

[...] Pacific Trash Gyre gone wild! Wow – my post on the North Pacific Trash Gyre has gotten a huge number of hits today. Is there breaking news of some kind that I totally missed? [...]