Are you aware of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
That's a heap of plastic trash that is located between Hawaii and California, and it is more than 600,000 square miles in size, USA Today reported. That's more than seven times the size of the state of Kansas.
Major League Soccer is hoping to raise awareness about the polluted oceans by having its teams wear jerseys made "of recycled plastic recovered from beaches and coastal communities."
How does plastic that was once in the ocean become a jersey? According to Parley.TV, "once collected, the original plastic source is reworked into technical fibers that can then be repurposed .