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Slat said in a tweet that the system, along with its support vessel, is now in transit to port for a crew change and will resume collecting garbage on October 17. here
See full version: A Giant Floating Machine is Now Cleaning Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch; Twice The Size Of Texas
Slat said in a tweet that the system, along with its support vessel, is now in transit to port for a crew change and will resume collecting garbage on October 17. here
“Humanity’s plastic footprint is probably more dangerous than its carbon footprint.” [links]
System 001/B simulates a coastline and uses the ocean’s force to trap the countless pieces of plastic debris estimated to be swirling around in the patch. more
In 1997, ocean researcher Charles Moore discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which has now grown to become the largest accumulation zone of plastic in the world’s ocean. Years later, he told CBS News that plastics are a leading cause of environmental devastation across the world, adding: [links]
In recent years, experts and conservationists have sounded the alarm over the plastics and microplastics that are inundating the world’s oceans and water supplies, leaching carcinogenic toxins and chemicals into the marine environment. In the meantime, plastic drink containers and trash used by fishers are trapping, confining, and ultimately killing marine wildlife such as birds and fish.
And the project has even more ambitious goals. In what it calls “the largest ocean clean-up in history,” it wants to remove 90% of ocean plastic pollution by 2040. [links]
Whether these interventions are the answer to the world’s growing ocean plastic problem remains to be seen. Some researchers claim that, as well as collecting trash, the boom design used in the GPGP could be hazardous to floating marine life.
It is an open platform designed to engage anyone who wants to offer a contribution for the global public good. The core objective is to link up the best innovators to networks of decision-makers, who can implement the change needed for the next decade. As a global platform, UpLink serves to aggregate and guide ideas and impactful activities, and make connections to scale-up impact.
The Ocean Cleanup says it could rid the GPGP of 50% of its waste in five years. Conventional methods of clearing the water, like vessels and nets, would take vast sums of money and thousands of years. more
The Ocean Cleanup wants to send Interceptors to 1,000 rivers worldwide by 2025.
System 001, developed by non-profit organisation Ocean Cleanup, will begin its journey to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from San Francisco on Saturday after years in development.
System 001 reportedly cost around $25m (£19.4m) to develop and construct. here
Located roughly halfway between Hawaii and the coast of California, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastics in the world.
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Slat said in a tweet that the system, along with its support vessel, is now in transit to port for a crew change and will resume collecting garbage on October 17. more