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 […]
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Ocean Cleaning Device Successfully Removes Plastic For The First Time
A large cleaning device which was constructed by Dutch scientists for the non-profit organization Ocean Cleanup successfully collected and removed plastic from the Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean. The organization has long been working on making a device that will help tackle the plastic garbage crisis and the result […]
The Biggest Ocean Cleanup In The World Has Officially Begun
Unfortunately, every year, more than 12 million tonnes of plastics goes into our oceans and damages sea life and the entire ecosystem. Estimates shown that in the Pacific Ocean alone, there are around 80,000 tonnes of plastic which is mostly concentrated in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch- a big “island” […]