The Ocean Cleanup Is Starting, Aims To Cut Garbage Patch By 90% By 2040

[lordsummerisle]

forbes.com

A massive cleanup of plastic in the seas will begin in the Pacific Ocean, by way of Alameda, California. The Ocean Cleanup, an effort that's been five years in the making, plans to launch its beta cleanup system, a 600-meter (almost 2,000-foot) long floater that can collect about five tons of ocean plastic per month.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2018/08/28/the-ocean-cleanup-is-starting-aims-to-cut-garbage-patch-by-90-by-2040/?ref=hvper.com&utm_source=hvper.com&utm_medium=website#47d30ddf253e

[msongs]

1. good news, hope it works. timing is off starting in storm season tho nt

[mountain grammy]

2. Good to see, and we need to cut back on plastic use..

I'm always looking for ways to do that and it ain't easy, but we're trying.

[NickB79]

3. I don't think most people realize the scale of this problem

A system that removes 5 tons a month? Sweety, we're ADDING 9 million tons a year right now.

Until we cut that number dramatically, no sea skimmers will make a dent.

[lordsummerisle]

4. True, but you have to start somewhere

Just like with the plastic straw ban. It's largely symbolic but now the issue is on a lot of people's radar...