Largest Ocean Cleanup Hauls 103 Tons of Plastic From the Pacific Ocean

The Institute’s cleanup is the largest to date at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The expedition uses GPS satellite trackers on tagged fishing nets to find high-density areas of plastic.

This plays into Crowley’s theory that one net leads to many others.

Boat Filled with Plastic Hauled from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

And, in fact, the technique has proved useful since it was put into place in 2018.

Even so, the crew still has a lot of hard work ahead of them.

Ocean Voyages Institute hauled 103 tons of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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Diver from the Ocean Voyages Institute Hauling Plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Fishing Nets Being Hauled Out of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch