Can you believe that 80% of the debris in the ocean comes from land and the other 20% comes from boaters, which is causing the ghost fishing that happens when the boats leave a net incident and catches fish and turtles and drowns them. The Great Pacific Patch is also known as the garbage highway. What causes this to happen, other than human, is because the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre and the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre rub against each other causing trash in the currents to make its way to the Pacific northern. It could take several years for the debris to reach the junk galaxy, depending on where it originates from. They can also come from rivers such as the Nile or the Mississippi. What happens in water treatment plants? When the water gets there it is full of bad things like dead animals and rocks, this is called screening. Then comes pumping, treatment plants rely on gravity to move wastewater from your home to the plant. Next comes aeration and that is when the “exposure and agitation” process occurs. Exposure is when the water is exposed to air so that all the unpleasant tasting gases leave as the water sits out and is shaken back and forth to help release the gases. Next, in the same process, they would put the water into two parallel concrete tanks. The first tank is where they rejuvenated the oxygen in the water because the decaying organic things take all the oxygen out of the water. The mud is then removed, the mud sinks to the bottom inside the second tank. The foam removal process then occurs as the sludge settles to the bottom of the tank and the foam rises. Scum includes grease, oils, soap and plastic, so slow rakes remove scum from the surface. L...... half of the paper ...... de recycling. Did you know that consumers pay more for recycled white glass than recycled colored glass? Did you know that the price of plastic is higher than that of carbon? In the waste management plant they separate recycled things even more so that they can get maximum value. Recycling is becoming big business and it starts with your recycling. Conclusion I hope that by reading this you have learned a little more than when you started reading. You should know how important waste management is to you and me, who recycles, which country produces the most waste, what the treatment plant does, and what the Great PacificPatch is. If you want to help your community participate or send unwanted recyclables to your alley/kerbside collection service, purchase reused and recycled products, recycling collection points and household hazardous waste: reduce reuse recycle.