Ocean plastic mission cleanup underway! October 18, 2018 | Market news The world’s first ocean cleaning system from Boyan Slat’s Ocean Cleanup Foundation has started work on the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, which is located between San Francisco and Hawaii and ranks the largest of Earth’s five ocean trash piles. The system comprises a U-shaped pipe with a 3-meter deep net underneath designed to trap floating plastic. Every few months a boat will arrive to collect the trapped waste for recycling on shore. Read more about the ocean cleanup system here. Related articles If water stop running, the world stops working Water problems around the world Americans report more cases of drinking water contamination New study shows nitrate danger
The world’s first ocean cleaning system from Boyan Slat’s Ocean Cleanup Foundation has started work on the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, which is located between San Francisco and Hawaii and ranks the largest of Earth’s five ocean trash piles. The system comprises a U-shaped pipe with a 3-meter deep net underneath designed to trap floating plastic. Every few months a boat will arrive to collect the trapped waste for recycling on shore. Read more about the ocean cleanup system here.