57K views · 5.6K reactions | According to our projections, we expect to be able to clean the entire Great Pacific Garbage Patch (containing 100,000,000kg of plastic) using ten systems based on System 03. This animated video shows our vision of this future: | The Ocean Cleanup | Facebook

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not an island of trash; it resembles a plastic soup, with areas of higher plastic concentration (hotspots) spread over an estimated surface area of 1.6 million square kilometers—three times the size of France. To improve the efficiency of our cleanup operations and address the urgency of the plastic pollution problem in the GPGP, this year we are developing methods to use GPS trackers and drones to locate plastic hotspots in real time. These innovations will he

4.4M views · 149K reactions | We have just completed the last trip to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for 2024, resulting in our total catch of over 500,000 kg (1.1m lb) from the GPGP so far. Here are some facts about our ocean operations to date: | The Ocean Cleanup | Facebook

Have you heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? It's a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean — the largest accumulation of plastic in the world. In fact, the oceans are so overwhelmed with plastic pollution that if the Great Pacific garbage patch were a country, it would be the 19th largest in the world. Check out our interactive map to see how it measures up to other places for yourself: https://biodiv.us/3SMFWSs | Center for Biological Diversity