Among the trash that lines the shore are wrappers for candy, chips, and other snack foods. A project begun for aesthetics has acquired a second purpose: raising social and environmental awareness.

In reality, most of us probably toss them in the trash without giving it a thought ... To turn butter wrappers into candy ...

That's over 350 million tons of candy wrappers, PVC pipes ... It doesn't look like a giant mountain of trash at all. It's actually scattered over a region of ocean that's twice the size of ...