North Pacific Gyre Currents

The picture above depicts the ocean's circular current where the North Pacific gyre is. The circular motion keeps the garbage in the center of the gyre where it is typically calm and stable. The red convergence zone is where the most trash resides. Please remember that all the trash in the garbage patch is not visible to the naked eye, because many are microplastics. There are currently 5 major gyres on Earth. There is the Indian Ocean Gyre, North Atlantic Gyre, North Pacific Gyre, South Atlantic Gyre, and the South Pacific Gyre. We need to not only worry about the one West of the United States but all over the world! We need to take little steps, one by one, to fixing all the gyres and keeping our ocean's trash and plastic free!