Sunday, September 03, 2023

Ocean garbage collection group removes record 25,000 pounds of trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch in one extraction

Time to extend garbage collection on land to the oceans! Humans know how to deal with garbage.

No reason to panic over plastic swimming in our oceans! Plastophobia is a serious disease, please seek immediate medical care!

Don't be scared of microplastics! This just another propaganda and demagoguery subject!

Fact is that 8 billion humans produce a lot of trash on a daily basis, but it should not end up in the oceans.

I am sure also more could be done from plastics entering the oceans from rivers around the world. "Rivers are the main source of ocean plastic pollution. They are the arteries that carry waste from land to the ocean. According to our research, 1000 rivers are responsible for roughly 80% of riverine pollution." (Source)

"The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit environmental engineering organization, saw its largest extraction earlier this month by removing about 25,000 pounds of trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ...
The vessels are currently on the way back to port in Victoria, British Columbia, after having collected about 50 tons of garbage in four weeks ...
The patch in the Pacific has grown so much that a new coastal ecosystem is thriving on it, a study published by Nature Ecology & Evolution in April found. ...
The Ocean Cleanup's aim is to remove 90% of floating plastic from the oceans by 2040, which they believe is achievable ...
By the end of the month, The Ocean Cleanup will launch System 03, a larger version of its current system of floating barriers. Its predecessor, System 02, which was utilized in the most recent mission, is about 875 yards long. The new replacement measures at about 2,400 yards long, which will lead to much bigger and more successful catches ..."

Ocean cleanup group removes record 25,000 pounds of trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch in one extraction - ABC News A new system will be able to clear a football field every five seconds.





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