The document discusses the massive amount of plastic waste accumulating in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Over 7 million tons of plastic debris have collected in this area, with plastic outnumbering plankton 6 to 1. Ingesting or becoming entangled in this plastic poses threats throughout the food chain. However, the document proposes that waste-to-energy technology, which converts waste into a synthetic gas that can be used as fuel, could provide an opportunity to address this problem by cleaning the gyre and producing renewable energy from the collected plastic waste.

1. Waste To Energy Opportunities In The Ocean’s Giant Floating Landfills Is Another Man’s Treasure One Man’s

3. Garbage Map