Humans as they discovered they made a small continent out of trash in the ocean.
It’s just an area of higher density particulate matter in the water.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch
Despite the common public perception of the patch existing as giant islands of floating garbage, its low density (4 particles per cubic metre (3.1/cu yd)) prevents detection by satellite imagery, or even by casual boaters or divers in the area. This is because the patch is a widely dispersed area consisting primarily of suspended “fingernail-sized or smaller”—often microscopic—particles in the upper water column known as microplastics.[4] Researchers from The Ocean Cleanup project claimed that the patch covers 1.6 million square kilometres (620,000 square miles)[5] consisting of 45,000–129,000 metric tons (50,000–142,000 short tons) of plastic as of 2018
lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 month ago
People are clearly complaining about how the feature was implemented. Not the goal (to keep it as a single piece of trash).
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So?
lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 month ago
I’m highlighting that the other user is missing the bloody point of the complain.
People want less plastic waste, sure. And yes, less consumption is a way to achieve so - no shit Sherlock “riodoro” Holmes. However, in this specific case the design solution was done so poorly that it inconveniences the user by a lot, and it isn’t even reducing the amount of plastic being used, it’s just in the hopes that people actually recycle (third R) that small piece of junk there.
Is this clear now?