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"Today, our operation in the Pacific Ocean reached an exciting milestone: The
Ocean Cleanup has now officially removed more than 100,000 kg of plastic from
the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP).
Since deployment in August 2021, System 002 (or “Jenny”) has now collected
101,353 kg of plastic over 45 extractions, sweeping an area of ocean of over
3000km2 – comparable to the size of Luxembourg or Rhode Island. Added to the
7,173 kg of plastic captured by our previous prototype systems, The Ocean
Cleanup has now collected 108,526 kg of plastic from the GPGP – more than the
combined weight of two and a half Boeing 737-800s, or the dry weight of a space
shuttle!
According to our 2018 study in which we mapped the patch, the total amount of
accumulated plastic is 79,000,000 kg, or 100,000,000 kg if we include the Outer
GPGP. Thus, if we repeat this 100,000 kg haul 1,000 times – the Great Pacific
Garbage Patch will be gone."
Via
Future Crunch Aug 5, 2022:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
