Originally Posted by
rockflyertalk
We always try to clear up debris from the beach during the rough winter seasons when it’s quiet. You can find sack loads of it.
I do wonder if some of the sea rubbish I saw actually came from landfill sites rather than just the beach, because it was just extraordinary. I never thought I'd come across that in the Med, but I have since seen slightly smaller rubbish patches elsewhere in the Med too (near countries with known rubbish disposal issues).
Here is a Pacific example, which is much, much bigger than what I saw in the Med:
https://www.theoceancleanup.com/grea...garbage-patch/
This one is apparently 1.6 million square km!
The one I saw would probably have been about 30 square km at most.