How far does plastic float when it gets tossed in the ocean?

Get the Full StoryA scientist put tracking devices on 25 bottles and put them in one of the world s most polluted river to learn more about how plastic trash moves around the planet. The answer: almost 2,000 miles.

The idea of dropping a message in a bottle and having it end up on some distant beach seems largely like a myth. But we know that the plastic we put in the ocean does float far from where we dropped it. How far? After researchers put tracking tags in plastic bottles in the Ganges river, they found that the furthest bottle traveled more than 1,700 miles in about three months.Read Full Story

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