Massive ocean cleaning project aims to clean 90% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Posted by Josh Taylor / September 5, 2018
There’s a floating patch of garbage in the Pacific Ocean. It’s twice the size of Texas, and it lives between California and Hawaii. When scientists sampled the patch, they determined that there were nearly two trillion pieces of plastic in the patch that, combined, weigh 80,000 tons. Obviously, this is a big problem for the environment. The Ocean Cleanup aims to reduce that by 90% by 2040 with a 600-meter-long floating device that can trap nearly five tons of plastic per month. Eventually, they aim to launch sixty devices to tackle the problem. This project isn’t a moment too soon. If things don’t change, then by 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish.
Full story at Forbes.
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