Stories like this make me renew my recycling efforts. CNN reports: “A huge, swirling pile of trash in the Pacific Ocean is growing faster than expected and is now three times the size of France. According to a three-year study published in Scientific Reports, the mass known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is about 1.6 million square kilometers in size — up to 16 times bigger than previous estimates.” FYI, France is slightly less than the size of Texas, according to the CIA World Factbook. By the way, Earth Day is April 22. https://cnn.it/2GjKcFs