Pacific Garbage Patch - updates
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'The Ocean Cleanup' ship sweeps first Pacific plastic
Oct 05, 2019 - 2:34 PM
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
Oct 04, 2019 - 12:40 PM
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
Sep 11, 2018 - 5:16 PM
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
Floating anti-plastic waste dam to be tested in North Sea
Dec 30, 2015 - 11:24 PM
The floating barrier uses currents to passively ensnare waves of garbage – while allowing fish and other sea creatures through
