Environment+Issues

Issues that have been debated in the past.

1. The trash flotilla (garbage patch) in the Pacific Ocean.

The Garbage Patch

[|Here]is an article from the Interdependent Magazine about the trash in the ocean. The article describes the difficulty of finding the trash in the ocean. It also mentions the Honolulu Commitment, an agreement signed by 38 countries that came together in a meeting organized by the UNEP. The name of the meeting is the Fifth International Marine Debris Conference. It's website is [] but the site seems blocked.

The text of the Honolulu Commitment is found[| here.] You can also have a copy of the document.

[|This link]takes you to a website mad e by a United States scientific organization. You can learn many basic facts about the problem of trash in the ocean.

the report from UNEP: