Breaking: World's largest collection of ocean garbage is now twice the size of Texas, study finds

Having trouble viewing this email? | View it in your browser   The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a collection of plastic, floating trash located halfway between Hawaii and California, has grown to more than 600,000 square miles, according to a study published Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal "Nature Scientific Reports." That's twice the size of Texas. The garbage in the patch includes some 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic and weighs the equivalent of 500 jumbo jets. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, GO TO:   USATODAY.COM     Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights     © 2017 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108