I researched this after a conversation with a student going door to door collecting to save the dolphins and to my surprise found the truth is very far from the mountain of plastic bags and foam cups the size of Texas floating in the mid Pacific the kid described.
I did the same thing if Florida years ago when some young skull full of mush came around collecting. After a few questions to him about the issue, it was painfully obvious that he knew nothing about it. I don’t know if I changed his mind or pointed him in a direction to do some looking of his own but I could hope I did.
Has anyone produced an actual photo of this mythical mountain of plastic. Apparently it is big enough to be seen from space.