New research has found out which coastal species inhabit the floating plastic waste accumulated in the large northern Pacific garbage patch. Since the beginning of the manufacture of plastic in the early twentieth century and its dominance over many industries in its second half, it has become widely used.
Researchers have previously discovered that coastal flora and fauna have found a new way to survive in the open oceans by colonizing areas of plastic pollution. The subtropical North Pacific, located between California and Hawaii, contains the most floating plastic, estimated at 79,980 metric tons.