A Non-Profit Removes 100,000 kg of Plastic From the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch

spilled garbage on the beach near the big city empty used dirty plastic bottles and other garbage t20 om8Eb4 A Non-Profit Removes 100,000 kg of Plastic From the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Takeaways:

  • More than 100 000kg of plastic has been removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
  • The Ocean Cleanup nonprofit built System 001, a water-borne parachute that improves the ability to capture plastic.
  • The organization picked up the 100 000kg of plastic over 45 extraction trips where the system swept about 1158 sq. miles (3000 sq. km) of the ocean.

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