Just Six Countries Responsible for 90% of Identifiable Waste in North Pacific Garbage Patch, Study Reveals

Posted on September 5, 2022 (September 11, 2022)

Researchers with the Ocean Cleanup project and Wageningen University have discovered that more than 90 percent of the identifiable waste that makes up the North Pacific Garbage Patch (NPGP), originated in just six countries, all major industrialized fishing nations. Their study was published in Scientific Reports on Sept. 1.