Seventy nine thousand tons of plastic debris, in the form of 1.8 trillion pieces, now occupy an area three times the size of France in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii. According to the researchers who assessed the current state of the region, known as the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” is “increasing exponentially. https://climatestate.com/2018/03/23/why-is-great-pacific-garbage-patch-increasing-exponentially/