The Great Pacific Garbage Patch counts 1.8 trillion pieces of trash, mostly plastic

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch counts 1.8 trillion pieces of trash, mostly plastic  Los Angeles Times Great Pacific Garbage Patch, floating 'island' of trash in ocean, is now twice the size of Texas  Fox News Great Pacific Garbage Patch weighs more than 43000 cars and is much larger than we thought  PBS NewsHour Trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Has Quadrupled, Maybe Even 16-upled  Live Science Area Of Plastic In The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Three Times The Size Of France  HuffPostFull coverage