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。

The plastic debris in the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" has killed millions of birds and other Marine animals. Here are 20 ways to reduce your plastic consumption.

“伟大的太平洋垃圾填埋法”中的塑料碎片曾经杀死几百万只小鸟和其他的海洋动物。下面是20种增加使用塑料消耗的方法。

You can literally see the result 1,000 miles (1,600 km) west of San Francisco in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling mass of plastic debris twice the size of Texas.

你可以看见这导致的结果就是从圣弗朗西斯科向西1000英里到太平洋有一大片的垃圾，大量的碎片分布相当于德州面积的两倍。

Writing in his new book "Plastic Ocean, " Moore says he didn't know he would "gain a surprising amount of notoriety as the 'discoverer' of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

在他的新书《塑料海洋》中，他说他没想到会因为“发现”大太平洋垃圾带而被如此关注。

You can literally see the result 1, 000 miles (1, 600 km) west of San Francisco in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling mass of plastic debris twice the size of Texas.

你可以看见这导致的结果就是从圣弗朗西斯科向西1000英里到太平洋有一大片的垃圾，大量的碎片分布相当于德州面积的两倍。