The Great Pacific garbage patch, also described as the Pacific trash vortex, is a gyre of marine debris particles in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N and 42°N. The patch extends over an indeterminate area, with estimates ranging very widely depending on the degree of plastic concentration used to define the affected area. The patch is characterized by exceptionally high concentrations of pelagic plastics, chemical sludge and other debris that have been trapped by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre. Despite its size and density (4 par...

Eurotrash may refer to: * Eurotrash (term), a pejorative term for some Europeans, or products from Europe * Eurotrash (TV series), a 1990s British TV series * "Eurotrash", a short story in the collection The Acid House by Irvine Welsh Music *"Eurotrash", a song by the Dropkick Murphys * "Eurotrash", a song and album by Zeromancer * "Euro-Trash Girl", a song by Cracker

Eurotrash is a derogatory term used in North America for certain Europeans, particularly those perceived to be arrogant, lower-class, and expatriates in the United States. Among the early printed uses of the term was in the early 1980s, when Taki Theodoracopulos, a wealthy Greek living in New York, wrote the "Eurotrash" column in The East Side Express. In a similar bent, in writing a 1983 article for Rolling Stone, Anthony Haden-Guest described "those decadent European rich so numerous in Manhattan nowadays — 'International White Trash', as the uncharitable put it..." See also * Guido...