I began talking with people who actually had been out to the gyre and were studying the plastic problem in the marine environment and upon doing so, I realized actually that cleaning it up would be a very small drop in the bucket relative to how much is being generated every day around the world, and that actually I needed to back up and look at the bigger picture.
Comecei a falar com pessoas que tinham ido ao giro e que estavam a estudar o problema do plástico no ambiente marinho, e ao fazê-lo, apercebi-me que limpá-lo seria uma gota muito pequena no oceano, em relação ao quanto está a ser gerado todos os dias em todo o mundo, e que precisava de me afastar e de olhar para o panorama geral.