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title: "Island of garbage"  
description: "A brief explanation about the Island of garbage and facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-10  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2844/island-of-garbage  
category: "environment"  
tags: ["Island garbage", "pollution", "environment", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Island of garbage

![Island of garbage](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f3621a9d-4df3-4178-a643-9118bab38e60/images/ff8b9404-1d3c-4fc5-9bb4-0481fbcdc132.jpeg) ![Island of garbage](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f3621a9d-4df3-4178-a643-9118bab38e60/images/2c560393-dac9-490c-b918-78e9c21191b3.jpeg) The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a vast accumulation of marine waste in the North Pacific Ocean, is colloquially known as the "island of garbage." ![Island of garbage](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f3621a9d-4df3-4178-a643-9118bab38e60/images/bce57739-0238-4766-84d8-c3489eff6986.jpeg) It is a distributed mass of plastic and other marine detritus that is continually moving and changing. ![Island of garbage](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f3621a9d-4df3-4178-a643-9118bab38e60/images/0343ca09-ea36-4f89-a683-71a1def59fbb.jpeg) It is an extremely serious environmental issue. In a variety of ways, plastic trash can affect marine life. ![Island of garbage](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f3621a9d-4df3-4178-a643-9118bab38e60/images/05d20305-0c94-4a50-992e-5c3026908db7.jpeg) Unfortunately, plastic trash injures or kills animals, and it might be mistaken for food, resulting in digestive blockage and starvation. ![Island of garbage](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f3621a9d-4df3-4178-a643-9118bab38e60/images/960f83a2-9412-4942-8965-9d4a7e2bfeb5.jpeg) Also, microplastics, which can be consumed by marine animals and accumulate in their tissues, can contain toxic compounds that leach into the ocean.

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