Pacific cleanup sets sail

The Ocean Cleanup will use a 100 km-long floating barrier to let the ocean currents concentrate the plastic themselves

The Ocean Cleanup, founded by the Dutchman Boyan Slat who invented a method aimed at cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, has announced its next major project: the Mega Expedition, in which it claims up to 50 vessels will collect more plastic measurements in three weeks than have been ...

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