System 002 being tested in 2021 in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
(Photo:The Ocean Cleanup)
Plastic in the ocean is a huge environmental problem that affects everyone.
In one extraction using their system of nets and boats, they scooped a whopping 25,000 pounds of refuse.
System 002 being tested in 2021 in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (Photo:The Ocean Cleanup)
Two large ships tug a long strand of net which links the two boats.
It skims the surface, collecting massive piles of refuse.
System 002 is 875 yards long.
System 003 will be even more massive than 002. (Photo:The Ocean Cleanup)
A new System 03 is currently being made and is an incredible 2,400 yards long.
It will be able to cover the surface area of a football field every five seconds.
What can be recycled is, and the company builds partnerships with others that can use the waste.
System 03 being produced in Lithuania. (Photo:The Ocean Cleanup)
However, there will always be plastic that cannot be recycled.
It will just be less dangerous for marine life once it’s out of the water.
Rivers which carry plastic out to sea are also a huge problem.
Interceptor 007 at work in 2022 in Los Angeles County. (Photo:The Ocean Cleanup)
Luckily, The Ocean Cleanup is also doing its part by beginning to clean it up.
System 003 will be even more massive than 002.
System 03 being produced in Lithuania.
Interceptor 007 at work in 2022 in Los Angeles County.
