The Great Garbage Patch

Great Garbage Patch covered by Good Morning America.

WIRED SCIENCE, the tv show based on WIRED magazine covers the discovery and implications of the Great Garbage Patch.  It all started with thousands of rubber duckies falling into the ocean.  Contrary to popular belief, it was not the “funnest bathtime ever.”

Incredible three parter:

Here he is doing a TED talk:

And my original scribbled notes after seeing the video the first time:

the most interesting bits from it?

• training Americans for a “throwaway society” after the Great Depression & WWII 
• only 5% of plastics recycled worldwide!
• Americans consume 2 million bottles EVERY FIVE MINUTES! 
• and the biggest shocker of all!:
• the bottle caps! the bottle caps!  They are NOT RECYCLABLE, and they float!! omg!

Here’s Charles Moore on Colbert: