Could France-sized ocean garbage patch become 196th nation?

Trash is polluting our oceans, and now there's a patch near Hawaii that is around the size of the entire country of France. The charity Plastic Oceans Foundation and publication LADbible want to recognize the garbage patch as a country, called Trash Isles, to not only raise awareness, but try to get the area cleaned up. Related: A garbage patch bigger than Texas was just discovered in the Pacific Ocean

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