garbage patch
Substantiv
A piece of land used for dumping rubbish.
Gebrauch- Australia
- Canada
- US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
A gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by humans.
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A reconnaissance flight taken in a modified C-130 Hercules aircraft found a vast clump of mainly plastic waste at the northern edge of what is known as the “great Pacific garbage patch”, located between Hawaii and California.
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garbage patches