Plastic Debris along Alaska’s Outer Coast Threatens Wildlife
Published: 30 June 2008
Category: Packaging CONCERNS
According to the “New York Times,” along Alaska’s outer coast there are reportedly shores strewn with marine debris, most of which is plastic, and much of it crosses the Gulf of Alaska or even the Pacific Ocean to arrive there. The “New York Times” also reports in the pacific ocean, there is plastic debris, including bottles, bottle caps, wrappers, and fragments, floating everywhere. This mass of debris, called the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” is reportedly an ever-growing threat to wild life.