HP Cartridges Wash Up After Spill, Scientists Predict Distribution Pattern

Scientists used Hewlett-Packard inkjet cartridge which fell from a cargo ship in 2014 to map how plastic is captured by currents and distributed across the globe
The team asked a Facebook group of some 50,000 beachcombers to be on the lookout for the cartridges while they searched beaches
After four years, 1,467 devices were reported in different countries
Data shows six currents grabbed the cartridges over the four years

A container load of printer cartridges that fell from a cargo ship in...