[Johnny Electriglide]

The Pacific(plastic bags, mostly) trash gyre twice as big as Texas, one of at least six in the world, goes from near the California Coastline, Northern Baja, and north to northern California. About 100 miles from the coast west and southwest to within 300 miles of Hawaii. Some has traveled from other places in the Pacific, some from illegal dumping.
Like I said, >>>it is a function of overpopulation and people's habits.>>> The 1995 study of trash production in >>>"Trash: the Looming Crisis", listed Mexicans as producing 66% more trash per capita than Americans(actual data). It is easily verified by visiting their enclaves.
The article on the plastic trash floating in the gyres stated that most came from the nearest coastline by wind. The overpopulation of California isn't caused by historic Americans, but by legal and illegal invasion from Mexico(just by the math). Most of the liberal whites, who are now the minority, are conscientious about their trash and recycle. The major costs to the California government are from illegal and legal Mexican invaders allowed and pandered to (feloniously) by the liberals(and many "conservatives", the law is Sec8USC1324). Both groups don't actually see the massive gyre of trash they have contributed a great deal to, and most of the whites(and some immigrants, and others) care enough to not just throw trash in the street. The major amount of trash is basically foreign made(by the math), and much that does go to dumps, also gets blown by the heavy winds(the light plastic bags especially).
Yes, indeed, Mexicans are, >on average,< pigs. Over-breeding(4.4 TFR in 24 years) and 80 IQ(data from "the Bell Curve"), at that, >on average>. Certainly not a positive help to overpopulation, trash, and the reduce, reuse, recycle, go solar environmental movement, or planetary sustainablity. If the truth hurts, too bad, but that is a major source of the plastic bags blowing into the ocean.