Obligatory:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vice.com&#x2F;video&#x2F;toxic-garbage-island-1-of-3" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vice.com&#x2F;video&#x2F;toxic-garbage-island-1-of-3</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Great_Pacific_garbage_patch" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Great_Pacific_garbage_patch</a><p>Also, one can use volcanic pummic and&#x2F;or ground apricot seeds to accomplish nearly the same thing without killing the ocean. I would humbly suggest these microplastics should be outlawed entirely and there should be more requirements to capture, prevent and recycle plastic and other debris from ending up in runoff, which should be only water or nontoxic organic matter.