Over 100,000kgs' Of Plastics Cleaned Up From Pacific Ocean

[Webster]

First 100,000 KG Removed From the Great Pacific Garbage Patch • Updates • The Ocean Cleanup

Today, our operation in the Pacific Ocean reached an exciting milestone: The Ocean Cleanup has now officially removed more than 100,000 kg of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP).

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Today, our operation in the Pacific Ocean reached an exciting milestone: The Ocean Cleanup has now officially removed more than 100,000 kg of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP).

Since deployment in August 2021, System 002 (or “Jenny”) has now collected 101,353 kg of plastic over 45 extractions, sweeping an area of ocean of over 3000km2 – comparable to the size of Luxembourg or Rhode Island. Added to the 7,173 kg of plastic captured by our previous prototype systems, The Ocean Cleanup has now collected 108,526 kg of plastic from the GPGP – more than the combined weight of two and a half Boeing 737-800s, or the dry weight of a space shuttle!

 

[MrDawn]

That all good and everything but what do we do about China, India, and other countries dumping more plastic and toxic crap in our oceans for us to clean up?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Thats the ocean near me!