On Sun, 23 Sep 2007, Mike Bristow wrote:

In article op.ty3s9ck8m4iaeb@dell,
Fig wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:46:50 +0100, John Rowland
wrote:

... the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where the
pile of rubbish is already ten times the size of England.

I'm intrigued by this fact. Any further info?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pacific_Gyre

I'd've thought it unlikely rubbish from the Thames would end up there.

Quite. Here's more likely:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargasso_sea

tom

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