The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a growing concern – not only for environmentalists, but for the fishing industry, tourism, in fact everyone dependent on a functioning marine eco-system. Learn more about the challenge of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (or the "Trash Vortex," as it is called sometimes) as well as its causes and exciting ways to counter this challenge. 

1. Review the materials below and create a profile of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with detailed notes answering the questions:
   • What is it?
   • Who or what causes it?
   • Who is affected by it?
2. Document your findings in the form of a poster or collage. 
   You can either produce a digital poster or design a regular paper-and-pencil poster. For a digital collage poster, we suggest you use the simple photo collage maker Fotor or PowerPoint ( save presentation as PDF). 
3. Upload your poster (max. 2 MB) into the database (DATABASE: Collages & posters of group work on research tasks) for this task.
    (  You can submit a PDF or JPEG version of your digital poster or a photograph of your poster.)

 Materials and resources: 

Text Infographic Video    5 Gyres: Understanding Plastic Pollution Through Exploration, Education, and Action

Text Infographic Greenpeace: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch