Who's Issue is it?

The class prompt that caught my utmost attention is "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch". The patch of garbage or shall I say an inexpensive dump site is very disturbing. How can the government allow this debris to compile itself? Why wasn't something done about this before it got massive? 90% of this waste is due to plastic. If people had the decency to stop littering in the ocean, part of this problem would not have accrued. There are many ways to prevent such tragedy. Ways and means of reducing, reusing and recycling. As research has shown, using items such as concentrated liquid detergent is one way to reduce. Reusing plastic bags and recycling your plastic bottles will put great emphasis on minimizing this problem. Not only is this "trash vortex" ugly, but it's dangerous. The sea life are mistaking it for food. Sea lions are choking due to the 6 pack rings they are getting caught in. Birds are eating and filling up on debris which in turn, they are literally dying of starvation. I am in total shock about this issue. I did not recycle prior to this discovery, however, having far more knowledge on this subject, I will start. Empower yourself, help the environment and recycle.