13,875 KG of Trash Out Of The Ocean | Three Latest System 002 Extractions | The Ocean Cleanup
This is a compilation of the latest three extractions of System 002. The total catch is 55,020kg so far; 1/1500th of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and a new crew is already on their way back to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to continue the cleanup.
Chapters:
00:00 Underwater inspection of System 002
00:24 Extraction #23, February 14th, 2022
02:35 Extraction #22, February 5th, 2022
04:17 Extraction #21, January 27th, 2022
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Trash accumulates in five ocean garbage patches, the largest one being the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located between Hawaii and California. If left to circulate, the plastic will impact our ecosystems, health, and economies. Solving it requires a combination of closing the source, and cleaning up what has already accumulated in the ocean.
The ocean is big. Cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch using conventional methods – vessels and nets – would take thousands of years and tens of billions of dollars to complete. After fleets of The Ocean Cleanup systems are deployed into every ocean gyre, combined with source reduction, The Ocean Cleanup projects to be able to remove 90% of ocean plastic by 2040.
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