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There are five identified gyres of plastic in the oceans. A gyre is a slow rotating whirlpool created by currents coupled with wind and the earth’s rotation, where plastic trash circulating in the ocean accumulates, forming extensive patches of plastic trash – covering a total area equivalent to 20 times the size of Great Britain. Every year more than 25 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean. Today, no beach is safe from plastic pollution, no matter how far away. Rapa Nui (the native name for Easter Island) is the most isolated island on earth and is the perfect place to prove it. On the up side is Rapa Nui’s isolation in the Pacific Ocean; its potential as a wave magnet is second to none…
