3.5 Million Tons of Plastic Floating in the Pacific 350万吨的塑料漂浮在太平洋
David Gutierrez朱古铁雷斯 | A mass of plastic debris twice the size of Texas is still growing in the Pacific Ocean, fueled primarily by plastic trash generated on the land. |大量的塑料碎片大小的两倍得克萨斯州仍然是日益增长的在太平洋，燃料主要是由塑料垃圾所产生的土地。 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch consists of 3.5 million tons of trash, 80 percent of it plastic, floating in a rarely-traveled portion of the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and San Francisco.伟大的太平洋垃圾修补程序构成的350万吨的垃圾，百分之八十的，它的塑料，漂浮在罕见的出行部分太平洋之间的夏威夷和旧金山。
“With the winds blowing in and the currents in the gyre going circular, it’s the perfect environment for trapping,” said Marcus Eriksen, director of research and education at the Algalita Marine Research Foundation in Long Beach, Calif. “There’s nothing we can do about it now, except do no more harm.” “随着吹来的风和海流，在gyre去通知，它的完美的环境，捕捉，说： ”马库斯埃里克森主任，研究和教育在algalita海洋研究基金会在长滩，加利福尼亚州“的没有什么我们可以做的约，现在，除了没有更多的伤害“ 。
According to Chris Parry, public education program manager for the California Coastal Commission in据克里斯帕里，公众教育计划经理加州海岸委员会在 San Francisco旧金山 , the garbage patch has been growing tenfold every decade since the 1950s. ，垃圾补丁软件已经被越来越多十倍，每一个十年， 20世纪50年代以来。 This corresponds with an equivalent increase in worldwide ocean debris.这相当于具有同等增加，在世界各地的海洋碎片。
The debris is highly dangerous to ocean life.碎片是非常危险的海洋生活。 Birds and marine animals may injure themselves by swallowing hard, indigestible shards of plastic.鸟类和海洋动物可能会伤害自己，吞咽困难， indigestible shards塑料。 Animals like sea turtles, which mistake plastic bags for jellyfish, may also eat plastic that is less immediately harmful but just as fatal in the long term.动物，如海龟，其中的错误胶袋为海蜇，也可以吃塑料是少立即有害，但正如在致命的长远目标。
“These animals die because the plastic eventually fills their stomachs,” said Warner Chabot, vice president of the Ocean Conservancy. “这些动物死亡，因为塑胶，最终填补了他们的肚子，说： ”华纳查博特，副院长，海洋建设。 “It doesn’t pass, and they literally starve to death.” “它不通过，他们从字面上饿死” 。
Plastic, which is synthesized from petroleum, can persist for decades before beginning to degrade, making it nearly impossible to get rid of once it is produced.塑料，这是合成石油，可坚持了几十年前开始降解，使得几乎不可能摆脱，一旦它产生的。
Parry and Chabot agree that the best way to keep the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from growing is to reduce production of plastic waste and use fewer plastic products at the consumer level as well.帕里和查博特一致认为，最好的方法，让伟大的太平洋垃圾修补程序，从日益增长的，是要减少生产的塑胶废料和使用较少的塑胶制品在消费者层面以及。
“What we can do is ban plastic fast food packaging,” Chabot said, “or require the substitution of biodegradable materials, increase recycling programs and improve enforcement of litter laws.” “我们能做的是禁止塑料快餐包装， ”查博特说： “或需要替代生物可降解材料，增加回收项目和改善执法乱抛垃圾的法律” 。
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