In this aerial shot, you can just make out the river amidst all of the trash. Can you spot it? It’s the light brown splotch at top center.
Communication has come a long way in 60 years of 'Star Trek'—and the combadge represents one of its biggest technological evolutions.
Only about 5% of plastic in the U.S. actually gets recycled.
An aerial shot of the garbage. Photo: Armin Durgut (AP) 
