The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) has many causes and effects which harm the environment in the form of air, water and land pollution. Some of the effects … It can’t really be reversed because the garbage patch is so large. They could try to reverse it but there's nowhere for it all to go. Even if it was to be reversed, how do we know it won't happen again as we use plastic in our everyday lives. Sea animals also mistake the rubbish for food, they also get stuck around their necks and in their nose and mouth.
The GPGP is a large collection of marine debris in the north pacific ocean. Marine debris is litter that ends up in oceans or other large bodies of water. The GPGP is the largest of the five offshore plastics zones in the world's oceans. It is estimated that 1.15 to 2.41 millions tonnes of plastic is entering the ocean each and every year from rivers. The GPGP covers the surface area of 1.6 million square kilometres, so an area three times the size of France. Sadly extinction is becoming more of a problem for sea life because the rubbish is getting stuck in their digestive systems due to it not being able to be digested.
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