One of the biggest organizations, Spot.us, which is a funded by a host of individuals and whose sole purpose is to promote and give boost to freelance journalism. The article written by the freelance journalist, Lindsey Hoshaw was backed by a funding of $10,000 from various individual contributions channeled through Spot.us.

The article written by Lindsey Hoshaw focuses on the dumping ground in the Pacific Ocean, that has now almost turned into an island and is measured to be two times bigger than the U.S state of Texas. The huge pile of waste is combined of light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes and other pieces of commodities that we use daily and throw away in trash. However, some experts believe that, the garbage pile has now exited the Pacific Ocean and is stuck in heavy currents that has left it in a sort of a whirlpool.

There are four other similar garbage piles all across the globe in different oceans and the waste material in these dumps are the trash items that have been dumped into sewers and have washed away into the oceans. The sailing dump of waste was discovered by a sea sailing enthusiast, Charles Moore about 12 years ago, when he was returning from Hawaii after a sailing competition. Experts believe that, two other garbage piles exist off the coast of Japan and another one in the Sargasso Sea. Scientists and environmental organizations across the globe are trying hard to figure out a solution for this monumental environmental concern.

Via Mashable, New York Times & Spot.us.