Single-Use Plastic is of no use.

Although the world's oceanic gyres are largely imperceptible from land, these are the kind of systems that youth need to be grappling with. How does Consumption lead to Pollution, Circulation, Accumulation and Ingestion?

Ocean Gyre : is a kind of vortex, a large system of rotating ocean currents, particularly those involved with strong wind movements.

Plastic gets caught within the forceful currents of these gyres and, because it is made to last, will stay in the ocean for decades, not degrading, but breaking down into smaller bits. The North Pacific gyre is most heavily researched for plastic pollution - It spans roughly twice the size of the United States, though it shifts in mass and shape with the sea and changes in ocean current. There are efforts being made to understand these vast bodies of collected debris, yet, the real difference will take place from efforts on the ground. It is our habits that must change. We honestly have no use for single-use plastics. Can you eliminate them from your household?

Light on Plastic. South Eastern Coastline of Ghana. 2009

The most devastating aspect of the disposable-products era is that the inventions of the west have been shipped abroad. Most developing nations have survived throughout the ages without plastic, but now it is ubiquitous in markets, littered along the sides of the road and strewn across beaches such as this one in Ghana.

Here is a fantastic educational website about the oceans 5 Gyres. I learned a great deal about the ocean's health this weekend at TEDx Brooklyn; Here is a blog written by one of the speakers which focuses on plastic reduction.