Great Pacific Garbage Patch has grown so massively large that if it were theoretically recognized as a sovereign nation, its plastic-based economy would be one of the fastest growing industrial sectors on the planet.

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch has grown so massively large that if it were theoretically recognized as a sovereign nation, its plastic-based economy would be one of the fastest growing industrial sectors on the planet. Several cheeky environmental organizations have actually applied to the United Nations to recognize this floating environmental disaster as an official country, complete with its own designed passports and currency. It really highlights the glorious efficiency of global manufacturing when you realize we have successfully managed to industrialize our way into creating a completely new continent made entirely out of discarded water bottles and abandoned fishing nets