This is the North Pacific Gyre, home of the swirling vortex of plastic trash.

这里位于北太平洋环流，许多塑料垃圾都在这里打转。

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling vortex roughly twice the size of Texas filled with tiny bits of plastic and other debris.

太平洋中有一个巨大的涡状形垃圾带，其面积大约是得克萨斯州的两倍，充满着小片塑料和其他碎片。

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There is an area of the Pacific the size of Texas known as the "trash vortex" or "plastic soup" where gyrating currents hold an estimated six kilos of plastic for every kilo of plankton, according to Greenpeace.

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