Ocean Clean-Up Removes 103 Tons of Trash from the Pacific

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[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I read the maximum density of the great pacific garbage patch is like 10kg of trash per square kilometer... much less dense than I expected. Still messy and could use some cleaning though, but it's not even close to a "garbage island" or anything like that like they sometimes say. But I'm glad to see these people cleaning up the trash that is there!

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They even made a boat to clean beaches.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Beaches are the ocean's natural trash-removal system. I've seen some beaches in the ocean in the caribbean that were insanely covered with trash

[–]wahala[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That is...good? to hear about the density. I just like the idea of cleaning litter. I love the outdoors and would prefer it be clean.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes it's good. I was researching the idea of binding the floating plastic together to create a literal island, but the density is a loooong way from making that possible. It is good though that things aren't as bad as they're portrayed