#North Pacific Garbage Patch

HPU looks to convert thousands of pounds of marine debris into sustainable products

Just over a year ago, Hawai‘i Pacific University’s Center for Marine Debris Research launched the first and only marine debris Plastic Recycling Research Facility in the state.

Currents bring both debris and marine life to the Pacific Garbage Patch

Marine surface-dwelling organisms, such as jellies, snails, barnacles and crustaceans, are a critical ecological link between diverse ecosystems.