This is reported by the staff of the Five Gyres Institute, which deal with the pollution of the world's oceans, reports The New York Times The total weight of these particles is about 269 000 tons, say the researchers.

Associate Professor of Melbourne University of Technology (RMIT) Mark Osborne is confident that only government programs for the transition to environmentally friendly packaging will save the environment from pollution.

He noted that although such packages will increase the cost of products, however, the population must understand the cause of such changes and contribute to the purification of the environment.

Also, governments must introduce environmental education for their citizens so that they understand the importance of preserving the ecology of planet Earth.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, environmentalists say about the criticality of pollution in the capital's reservoirs. Ecologists noted that this year the lakes and the Dnieper in Kiev bloom very much.