One non-profit organization is making progress toward its goal of ridding the oceans of plastic by 2040.
Dutch inventorBoyan Slatis the founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup.
System 002/B is the current model at work and has just completed its first haul of 2023.
And while this is great progress, there is sadly much more trash where that came from.
This starts with habits at home anddoing away with single-use plastic.
While many governments have already banned items likeplastic drinking strawsand non-biodegradable shopping bags, everyone can do their part.
Whether that means purchasing areusable water bottleor switching to aneco-friendly toothbrush, every little bit helps.
BREAKING: 200,000 kg of plastic extracted from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
