02-08-2008, 02:53 PM
Bringing the thread about trash forward. Does everyone (except me - until now)know about the floating raft of plastic waste twice the size of the US? It seems to be surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. Here is the link - but be prepared to get depressed and discouraged.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/05/6856/
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/05/6856/