Inqanawa yesikhongozeli leyo Wayephethe ngaphezu kwe-28.000 yamadada eplastiki, yalahleka elwandle ngo-1992 kwaye ngoku zezo zokudlala zeplastiki ziqhubeka zisondela kunxweme lwesiqingatha sehlabathi.
Kwakungo-1992, xa loo nqanawa yemithwalo, eyayineedada zeplastiki ezingama-28.000 kwiigalari zayo, yabashiya bedada elwandle xa yayi phakathi kweHong Kong, isixeko awayesuka kuso, esiya eUnited States.
Akukho mntu ngelo xesha wayenokucinga ukuba ezinye zeethoyi zeplastiki kwi-freighter yayiza kudada elwandle Kwiminyaka engama-20 kamva.
Kude kube namhla, ezo "fleets zamantshontsho amadada eplastiki" ziyavuyiswa ukwenza inguqulelo kwi ukuqonda imisinga yolwandle, ngelixa besifundisa into okanye ezimbini malunga nenkqubo yongcoliseko lweplastiki, njengoko i-Independent ibonisa.
Ukusukela ngaloo nyaka we-1992, xa belahlwa elwandle, amantshontsho amadada amthubi aphelile ukwandisa kwihlabathi jikelele. Abanye baye babonwa besuka kunxweme lweHawaii, iAlaska, uMzantsi Merika, iOstreliya, kunye nePacific Northwest; ezinye ziye zafunyanwa zinomkhenkce kuLwandle iArctic. Ngelixa abanye abaninzi benze indlela yabo ukuya eScotland naseNewfoundland kwiAtlantic.
Banewebhusayithi apho kukho abantu thumela imifanekiso yamantshontsho amadada ezifumaneka kuzo zonke iilwandle zehlabathi, njengoko esitsho uC Curtis Ebbesmeyer, isazi seelwandle sokuthatha umhlala-phantsi kunye nomdlandla wezinto zokudlala ezilahlekileyo.
Kodwa ezona zidumileyo zezi Amawaka amabini asajikelezayo kwimisinga ye-North Pacific Gyre, i-vortex yemisinga edibanisa phakathi kwe-Japan, i-Southeast Alaska, kunye ne-Aleutian Islands ukuba umngcelele wamantshontsho amadada wanceda ukufumanisa.
Kwaye enkosi kubo ukuba ikwazile ukuchonga eli «jika». Kwaye ke, kude kube ngulo mzuzu, bekufana yazi ukuba kukho iplanethi kwinkqubo yelanga, kodwa apho ungakwazi ukuxelela ubungakanani bokujikeleza kwayo elangeni. Ngoku bayazi ukuba kuthatha ixesha elingakanani: iminyaka emithathu.
Namhlanje iNorth Pacific Giro ibizwa ngokuba yi Ipaki enkulu yenkunkuma yoLwandlekazi iPacific, enye Isiqithi esikhulu senkunkuma edadayo, ezenzelwe ubukhulu becala iplastiki ejikeleza njengesuphu enkulu kwaye inkulu.
Okona kubi ngaphezu kwako konke kukuba namhlanje kuyaziwa ukuba zili-11 ezi ntlobo "zokujija" kulwandlekazi lomhlaba nokuba zingangumbala wenkunkuma apho siguqula khona iplanethi. Inje nge IDiogenes syndrome apho umntu Uqokelela inkunkuma nenkunkuma endlwini yakhe, kodwa apha, loo ndlu yilali yethu yelizwe liphela, iplanethi yethu; buhlungu.