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garbage patch

noun

Definitions

  1. A piece of land used for dumping rubbish.

  2. A gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing…

    A gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by humans.

    • A reconnaissance flight taken in a modified C-130 Hercules aircraft found a vast clump of mainly plastic waste at the northern edge of what is known as the “great Pacific garbage patch”, located between Hawaii and California.

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