where does the rubbish in the ocean come from
Marine debris can enter the ocean in a variety of ways. From land, trash may be carried to the ocean in rivers or storm and sewage drains, swept from the beach by waves and surf, or blown offshore by winds, especially during heavy storms.he most common way to measure floating plastic in the ocean is to collect it using very fine-meshed nets towed at the ocean surface from a ship. At SEA we have been measuring plastic debris using this method for more than 25 years.