A sobering video from Dutch non-profit organisation The Ocean Cleanup has appeared on social media this week, showing the group’s efforts to mitigate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). The huge mass of plastic accumulated in the Pacific between California and Hawaii is one of the targets of The Ocean...
A sobering video from Dutch non-profit organisation The Ocean Cleanup has appeared on social media this week, showing the group’s efforts to mitigate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP).
The huge mass of plastic accumulated in the Pacific between California and Hawaii is one of the targets of The Ocean Cleanup, which works to remove plastic from aquatic environments across the globe.
The latest breakthrough is a “proof of concept” of the organisation’s system (pictured) which has now removed more than 100 tonnes of plastic from the oceanic eyesore by capturing it in netting and pulling it aboard a freighter for sorting.
However there’s still a long way to go, with The Ocean Cleanup noting that “thanks to our determined offshore crew and supporters worldwide, together we have now officially cleaned up 1/100th of the GPGP” – see the video by CLICKING HERE.
