The Ocean Cleanup pulled all that trash in less than a year, and its newest system could collect 10x more
It's not all garbage islands floating amongst the ocean, though: Most of the trash in the GPGP is made of smaller chunks that have broken off of larger objects.Slat said that a 2018 study performed by The Ocean Cleanup estimated the total accumulated plastic in the GPGP is around 100,000,000kg."Thus, if we repeat this 100,000 kg haul 1,000 times – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch will be gone," Slat said.
That's an ambitious target. With System 002 only able to remove about 100,000kg a year it could take the better part of 1,000 years to clear it, if more plastic isn't added over the centuries. To address that, The Ocean Cleanup is pinning its hopes on a newer design, called System 03, which it said will be capable of collecting up to 10 times the garbage.
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