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'The Ocean Cleanup' ship sweeps first Pacific plastic
The project by The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit group, involves a supply ship towing a floating boom that corrals marine plastic with the aim of cleaning half of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within 5 years

Ocean plastic waste probably comes from ships, report says
A study offers fresh evidence that the vast garbage patches floating in the middle of oceans are mostly the result of merchant marine vessels tossing their waste overboard by the ton

The Ocean Cleanup project sails out to sweep Pacific plastic
The ambitious project by The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit group, hopes to clean up half of the infamous garbage patch within 5 years when all systems are deployed

LOOK: Samar town rids coastal waters of plastic waste
It s a long term effort to get rid of the single use throw away culture ’ says Pinabacdao Mayor Teodorico Mabag

Floating anti-plastic waste dam to be tested in North Sea
The floating barrier uses currents to passively ensnare waves of garbage – while allowing fish and other sea creatures through

Ocean garbage scoop study to start off Japan coast
Researchers are launching tests aimed at setting up a huge floating barrier off the Japanese coast a project that could eventually help remove some of the 5 25 trillion pieces of rubbish polluting the world s oceans