<h5>How does plastic affect the world?</h5>  <p>In today’s world, we cannot imagine life without plastic. You may not have noticed that plastic is all around us. Plastic is not just used to make tiffin boxes, water bottles, carry bags, etc. but also laptops, fans, mobile phones, etc. So you can imagine the large amount of plastic we use daily!
Plastic is used so widely because it’s super durable and versatile. But, the durability of plastic makes it very difficult to recycle. It survives hundreds or even thousands of years before finally decomposing. </p>
<p>When plastic is thrown away, it keeps accumulating and harms our environment. One of the places where this waste is collected is called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP).</p> <h5>What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP)?</h5> <figure>
        <img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/more-than-100000-kg-of-plastic-removed-from-the-gpgp%2Fmore-than-100000-kg-of-plastic-removed-from-the-gpgp-section1-min.png?alt=media&token=cd7fabd6-235b-4b72-98cf-993643d98a1e" alt="What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP)?" >
        <figcaption> </figcaption>
      </figure> <p>The GPGP is a collection of plastic waste and garbage in the Pacific Ocean. This garbage patch is so huge that it is three times bigger than France! The western part of the GPGP is located between the North American continent and Japan. The eastern part is between Hawaii and California in the United States.
It is estimated that GPGP contains more than 100 million kg of garbage. Can you imagine the amount of waste we humans would have tossed in the ocean for this to happen? This waste has a very severe impact on the environment, especially marine life.</p>
<p>But thankfully, there is some much-needed good news. Recently, some amount of waste was removed from the GPGP. Let’s find out who took such a great step.</p> <h5>Who removed the plastic waste from GPGP?</h5> <figure>
        <img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/more-than-100000-kg-of-plastic-removed-from-the-gpgp%2Fmore-than-100000-kg-of-plastic-removed-from-the-gpgp-section2-min.jpeg?alt=media&token=46a3c7b5-b68f-4b68-a76c-3d97fdbbc4f2" alt="Who removed the plastic waste from GPGP?" >
        <figcaption>The U-shaped System 002, also known as Jenny, collecting plastic waste from the GPGP. Photo by The Ocean Cleanup / Twitter.</figcaption>
      </figure> <p>The plastic waste from the GPGP was removed by an organisation called The Ocean Cleanup. This organisation is working towards healing the environment by removing plastic waste from the GPGP.
Recently, they removed more than 1,00,000 kg of plastic waste from the GPGP. They did this with the help of a machine called System 002, also known as Jenny.</p> <h5>Why was this clean-up so important?</h5>  <p>This clean-up marked the beginning of many such clean-ups that the Ocean Cleanup plans to do in the near future. Eventually, they plan to clean every inch of garbage from the GPGP. </p>
<p>However, it will not be an easy task. To clean the GPGP completely, thousands of such cleanups will be required.</p>
<p>The Ocean Cleanup team is also hard at work upgrading System 002. System 003 will be able to clean even more garbage than its predecessor!
</p> <h5>How can we contribute to protecting our environment?</h5>  <p>Now that we have learned about the harmful effects of plastic waste and about the GPGP, share this knowledge with others to raise awareness. We can also help by being careful about where we throw our garbage. 
We must limit our use of plastic and always throw waste in dustbins and nowhere else. So, let’s save our earth together and make it a healthier place for everyone!</p>

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