Sustainability

World’s most extensive ocean cleanup begins for real

> , By 2021-10-29T05:00:00

Ocean Cleanup's Boyan Slat

Dutch project harvests 29,000 kilos of plastic trash in just three months

The Dutch-founded Ocean Cleanup project has begun reaping wayward plastic in the Pacific Ocean after a final, three-month test campaign showed its latest collection system works well and can be scaled up.

 
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