Why Was the Garbage Patch Made?
The garbage patch was not made on purpose. Garbage that had been put into the ocean purposely or accidentally all got picked up and swirled into this area of garbage. Garbage gets taken up out of landfills when the wind takes the rubbish. When rubbish gets put in rivers it eventually reaches the ocean. If rubbish is either littered on purpose or accidentally 15-40% of littered rubbish reaches the ocean. The amount of rubbish that reaches the ocean is predicted to more than double in the next 10 years.