Five millions tons of rubbish made up of devastated homes, boats, cars and businesses is making its way across the Pacific Ocean following the 2011 tsunami in Japan.

~ Christopher Bucktin from, http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/floating-island-rubbish-three-times-2678207

The article’s characterization of the debris as a “floating island” is certainly hyperbole. But still, this is a HUGE amount of floating debris.

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