The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: The Floating Islands of Trash Twice the Size of Texas


by CNET

CNET— The Pacific Ocean has two large gyres filled with trash, and it's coming from us.

The Columbian—Vancouver artist turns ocean's trash into treasure. Meet the Pacific Garbage Patch Babies. For the past year, Vancouver resident Alyn Spector has been letting his garbage pile up. From bread bags and food containers to shopping bags and other single-use plastics, Spector has been setting as

TrainsMag.com—Union Pacific train derails in West Texas. PYOTE, Texas — About 20 cars of a Union Pacific intermodal train derailed today (May 1) near the West Texas community of Pyote, KMID/KPED-TV reports. The Ward County Sheriff’s Office reported it responded about 3 p.m. to a report of a derailment adjacent to Interstate 20. No injuries were reported and no hazardous materials have []Read More

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