An ocean of plastic

An ocean of plastic

March 4, 2012 9:19 AM

The invention of plastic was a revelation, but its durability makes it almost impossible to decompose. So where does it go? Into a "soup" of floating garbage that is filling our oceans. David Pogue of The New York Times reports.

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