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Tackling the plastic waste threat in the Pacific Ocean

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Plastic pollution is one of the biggest threats to the marine environment. Floating in the Pacific Ocean, between California and Hawaii, is the largest accumulation of trash on earth - 90 million kilograms of it. A Netherlands-based not-for-profit says it can clean up the mess. But some experts say the focus should be elsewhere.
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