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This “Floating Continent” Could Gather & Recycle the Plastic from Oceans

Named “The 8th Continent”, this award-winning design is able to recycle plastic from oceans while being 100 percent self-sustainable. It has five structures and features everything from living quarters to biodegradable waste collectors and greenhouses. It’s the brainchild of Lenka Petrakova, a senior designer at Zaha Hadid Architects from London, […]

This Team Set a Record by Making the Largest Ocean Cleanup in History

On the 23rd of June last month, the Ocean Voyages Institute made history after they successfully cleaned 103 tons or 206,000 pounds of plastic garbage and fishing nets from the GYRE or the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The cleaning expedition lasted for 48 days and they set a new record […]