Plastic pollution has been a global issue for several decades. Every day, inhumane amounts enter the ocean; infecting the waters, killing innocent creatures, disrupting the extravagant beauty of the sea, and we are to blame. The leading location of plastic pollution in the ocean is The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The patch ranges in between Hawaii and California in what is known as the Western Garbage Patch, spreading to Japan in what is known as the Eastern Garbage Patch. Over time, both patches have formed into one monumental vortex of plastic waste that consistently accumulates due to litter that cannot biodegrade. As Al Gore once stated, “if we could find a way to understand our own connection to the earth-all the earth- we might recognize the danger of destroying so many living species” (Gore, 264). By fully comprehending what the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is and how it has drastically accumulated over the years, we can proceed to understand how unethical we have been and what we can do to futuristically prevent it from getting worse. Together, we can take a global action to recycle and be more careful with our shopping and where we allow our litter to go. Certainly, we have absent-mindedly allowed carelessness to become a lifestyle of ours and if we do not change the status quo, we will become it.