We throw away garbage almost every day. _________ does it go? Most of it _________ into the sea. There _________ five large garbage patches (垃圾带) in the sea. The largest one is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Scientists are saying that the patch is getting bigger and bigger.

The patch is in the Pacific Ocean between California _________ Hawaii. It is quite large. According to Livescience, _________ has an area of 1.6 million k㎡. That is about 100 times (倍) _________ than Beijing.

Most of the garbage is plastic (塑料), including bottles, bags and fishing nets. According to Fox News, there are about 79,000 tons (吨) of plastic in the patch. That’s about 250 pieces of plastic for every person _________ Earth. Is one of those pieces from you?

The plastic can harm (伤害) sea animals and _________ the water. Scientists are trying _________ ways to clean up garbage in the sea. But the most important thing is __________ garbage from going into the sea.