Ocean Cleanup project not catching plastic; Dutch designer optimistic about solution

6 years, 4 months ago

Ocean Cleanup project not catching plastic; Dutch designer optimistic about solution

Dutch man Boyan Slat's Ocean Cleanup project is not working quite as it should. The Ocean Cleanup team took hitches in the project into account, the 24-year-old Slat said to the Volkskrant. The Ocean Cleanup system consists of large, solid barriers that will guide floating plastic to a central collection point using the currents of the ocean. Two months ago, the 600 meter long plastic catcher left the port of San Francisco for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an 80 million kilograms patch of plastic soup three times the size of France floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii.

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be eliminated in 10 years, cleanup organization says

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be eliminated in 10 years, cleanup organization says

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The Dark Side of Ocean Cleanup Technology

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The Dark Side of Ocean Cleanup Technology

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The secrets being revealed by ocean garbage patches

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Ocean Cleanup pulls first 100,000 kg of plastic from Pacific

2 years, 8 months ago

Ocean Cleanup pulls first 100,000 kg of plastic from Pacific

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Dutch inventor says his ocean cleaning boom is working

5 years, 6 months ago

Dutch inventor says his ocean cleaning boom is working

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A floating device created to clean up plastic from the ocean is finally doing its job, organizers say

5 years, 6 months ago

A floating device created to clean up plastic from the ocean is finally doing its job, organizers say

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Device to trap plastic waste in Pacific Ocean relaunches

5 years, 9 months ago

Device to trap plastic waste in Pacific Ocean relaunches

Associated Press

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Huge trash-collecting boom in Pacific Ocean breaks apart

6 years, 3 months ago

Huge trash-collecting boom in Pacific Ocean breaks apart

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Huge barrier isn’t trapping plastic waste in Pacific Ocean

6 years, 3 months ago

Huge barrier isn’t trapping plastic waste in Pacific Ocean

Associated Press

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Barrier isn't trapping trash in Pacific Ocean after months

6 years, 3 months ago

Barrier isn't trapping trash in Pacific Ocean after months

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This floating pipe is trying to clean up all the plastic in the ocean

6 years, 6 months ago

This floating pipe is trying to clean up all the plastic in the ocean

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Experts unsure if Ocean Cleanup is going to rid the seas of plastic

6 years, 6 months ago

Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Experts unsure if Ocean Cleanup is going to rid the seas of plastic

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Marc Benioff Bets on Cleanup Tech for Ocean Trash

6 years, 6 months ago

Marc Benioff Bets on Cleanup Tech for Ocean Trash

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Dutch developer's Ocean Cleanup project kicks off

6 years, 7 months ago

Dutch developer's Ocean Cleanup project kicks off

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Giant rubbish collection device deployed to clean up huge island of floating plastic garbage in Pacific Ocean

6 years, 7 months ago

Giant rubbish collection device deployed to clean up huge island of floating plastic garbage in Pacific Ocean

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‘Great Pacific garbage patch’ 16 times bigger than previously thought, say scientists

7 years ago

‘Great Pacific garbage patch’ 16 times bigger than previously thought, say scientists

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Ocean Cleanup claims 50 percent plastic removal from Pacific by 2023

7 years, 11 months ago

Ocean Cleanup claims 50 percent plastic removal from Pacific by 2023

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Ocean Cleanup raises enough cash to test North Sea plastic trap

8 years, 10 months ago

Ocean Cleanup raises enough cash to test North Sea plastic trap

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How to make the Great Pacific Garbage Patch history

9 years, 2 months ago

How to make the Great Pacific Garbage Patch history

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Ocean Cleanup project readies North Sea garbage collection test

9 years, 3 months ago

Ocean Cleanup project readies North Sea garbage collection test

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Barriers measuring 6,500-feet to be deployed to help the oceans 'clean themselves' of millions of tons of plastic waste

9 years, 10 months ago

Barriers measuring 6,500-feet to be deployed to help the oceans 'clean themselves' of millions of tons of plastic waste

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Ocean Cleanup pioneer youngest-ever winner of UN award

10 years, 4 months ago

Ocean Cleanup pioneer youngest-ever winner of UN award

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Ocean cleanup plan pitched by Delft teen

10 years, 10 months ago

Ocean cleanup plan pitched by Delft teen

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Research grants awarded to Kufos Professor

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Research grants awarded to Kufos Professor

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Fishing community pulls plastic from its waters

1 month, 1 week ago

Fishing community pulls plastic from its waters

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Fishing community pulls plastic from its waters

1 month, 1 week ago

Fishing community pulls plastic from its waters

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Fishing community pulls plastic from its waters

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Fishing community pulls plastic from its waters

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Friesland tracks plastic waste flow to the Wadden Sea

2 months ago

Friesland tracks plastic waste flow to the Wadden Sea

Friesland is launching a project to track how plastic waste from the province ends up in the Wadden Sea. By the end of the three-year study, there will be enough …

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Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us

On a Philippines beach, barefoot children jumped and played on shoals of plastic washed ashore in previous typhoons. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard …

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AP PHOTOS: Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us

4 months, 2 weeks ago

AP PHOTOS: Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us

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Garbage dumpyard in Pacific Ocean is getting bigger and bigger

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Garbage dumpyard in Pacific Ocean is getting bigger and bigger

A new study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals a disturbing trend in the North Pacific Garbage Patch : centimeter-sized plastic fragments are accumulating at an alarming rate, outpacing the …

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Cleaning Up Pristine Beaches Means Spotting Plastic Trash From Space

5 months, 1 week ago

Cleaning Up Pristine Beaches Means Spotting Plastic Trash From Space

-- Plastics are ubiquitous in natural systems, and tiny pieces of the material have been found everywhere from the Arctic to the Mariana Trench. To test a theory that satellites …

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New satellite tool scans for plastic pollution on beaches from over 600 kilometres above Earth

5 months, 2 weeks ago

New satellite tool scans for plastic pollution on beaches from over 600 kilometres above Earth

On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Jenna Guffogg led the scientists behind a tool that uses satellites to scan for plastic waste …

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Despite plastic fee, no relief from pollution in Dhanushkodi

6 months, 1 week ago

Despite plastic fee, no relief from pollution in Dhanushkodi

RAMANATHAPURAM: A sum of Rs 45 lakh has been collected as fee from the Dhanushkodi forest check post in the 2023-24 financial year, which indicates a 10% increase in revenue, …

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Indonesia’s youth clean up trash from waterways, but more permanent solutions are still elusive

1 year, 4 months ago

Indonesia’s youth clean up trash from waterways, but more permanent solutions are still elusive

BOGOR, Indonesia — At a lake in the West Javan city of Bogor, children and teenagers paddle toward piles of floating trash, pick it up and store it in their …

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Plastic particles entering SA waterways from clothes and tyres, research finds

1 year, 6 months ago

Plastic particles entering SA waterways from clothes and tyres, research finds

New research has shed more light about where microplastics are accumulating in South Australian waterways — and where the plastic pollution is coming from. Key points: Fibres from synthetic clothing …

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Volunteers head off plastic waste crisis by removing tons of rubbish from Hungarian river

1 year, 8 months ago

Volunteers head off plastic waste crisis by removing tons of rubbish from Hungarian river

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Hundreds of volunteers gather to pick up trash on Dutch beaches annual cleanup kicks off

1 year, 8 months ago

Hundreds of volunteers gather to pick up trash on Dutch beaches annual cleanup kicks off

Hundreds of volunteers will start a fifteen-day clean-up operation of the entire Dutch coast on Tuesday. The clean-up is organized by the North Sea Foundation, an environmental organization committed to …

NL Times

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Australia's plastic mismanagement to mount as researchers warn of ongoing pollution crisis

1 year, 8 months ago

Australia's plastic mismanagement to mount as researchers warn of ongoing pollution crisis

Australia is in danger of mismanaging more than 100,000 tonnes of plastic waste by the end of the year, according to new research. Key points: Australia is predicted to consume …

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Divers off Cornwall join global effort to clean seas for World Oceans Day

1 year, 10 months ago

Divers off Cornwall join global effort to clean seas for World Oceans Day

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Microplastics Are Polluting the Ocean at a Shocking Rate

2 years, 1 month ago

Microplastics Are Polluting the Ocean at a Shocking Rate

If you throw a polyester sweatshirt in the washing machine, it doesn’t emerge as quite its former self. An international team of researchers calculates that between 82 and 358 trillion …

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Gary Bencheghib and team clean water body in Indonesia, collect over 2,400 kgs of plastic. Watch

2 years, 1 month ago

Gary Bencheghib and team clean water body in Indonesia, collect over 2,400 kgs of plastic. Watch

Ramon Magsaysay awardee Gary Bencheghib is on a mission to eradicate marine plastic pollution in Indonesia. The young anti-plastic pollution warrior has now shared yet another cleanup video, and it …

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The mysterious items washing up on beaches

2 years, 1 month ago

The mysterious items washing up on beaches

The mysterious items washing up on beaches Getty Images Shipping containers often get lost at sea, emptying their contents From unexplained metal balls to Garfield-themed phones, the strange material that …

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Volume of microplastics found on ocean floor triples in two decades, scientists warn

2 years, 3 months ago

Volume of microplastics found on ocean floor triples in two decades, scientists warn

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Seaweed ‘plastic’ inventors become first British Earthshot finalists

2 years, 5 months ago

Seaweed ‘plastic’ inventors become first British Earthshot finalists

A seaweed-based alternative to plastic has been named one of the first UK finalists of the Prince of Wales’s Earthshot Prize. The biodegradable material, called Notpla, was the brainchild of …

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As Salton Sea faces ecological collapse, a plan to save it with ocean water is rejected

2 years, 6 months ago

As Salton Sea faces ecological collapse, a plan to save it with ocean water is rejected

The community of Desert Shores on the northwest side of the Salton Sea. Robert Glennon, a panel member and University of Arizona law professor, said the idea of importing water …

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India has taken ‘resolute’ steps towards eliminating single-use plastic, says Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey

2 years, 6 months ago

India has taken ‘resolute’ steps towards eliminating single-use plastic, says Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is collecting ocean mysteries

2 years, 8 months ago

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is collecting ocean mysteries

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Ocean Cleanup pulling plastic out of world's most polluted river in Guatemala

2 years, 10 months ago

Ocean Cleanup pulling plastic out of world's most polluted river in Guatemala

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World Oceans Day 2022: Why Is Plastic Waste A Problem?

2 years, 10 months ago

World Oceans Day 2022: Why Is Plastic Waste A Problem?

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AP PHOTOS: As world marks Earth Day, trash still big problem

2 years, 11 months ago

AP PHOTOS: As world marks Earth Day, trash still big problem

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Plastic pollution in oceans on track to rise for decades

3 years, 2 months ago

Plastic pollution in oceans on track to rise for decades

BERLIN — Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world’s …

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Research into plastic in the ocean advances further

3 years, 2 months ago

Research into plastic in the ocean advances further

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The company preventing plastics ending up in the ocean

3 years, 3 months ago

The company preventing plastics ending up in the ocean

We had the Bronze Age and the Iron Age: now we have the Plastic Age. Schieir wants everyone to understand one very important thing: “Actual plastic in the ocean cannot …

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Nasa graphic reveals how plastic moves through oceans around the world

3 years, 4 months ago

Nasa graphic reveals how plastic moves through oceans around the world

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Vast ocean rubbish patches bringing coastal species into marine ecosystems ‘undisturbed for millennia’, scientists warn

3 years, 4 months ago

Vast ocean rubbish patches bringing coastal species into marine ecosystems ‘undisturbed for millennia’, scientists warn

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COVID-19 pandemic generated 8 million tonnes of plastic waste: Study

3 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic generated 8 million tonnes of plastic waste: Study

Los Angeles: The COVID-19 pandemic has generated more than eight million tonnes of plastic waste globally, with over 25,000 tonnes of it entering the oceans, according to a study. The …

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Ocean Cleanup technology works, final tests show

3 years, 5 months ago

Ocean Cleanup technology works, final tests show

Tests recently carried out prove that the technology behind the Ocean Cleanup project works. In total, the Ocean Cleanup has already removed almost a million kilos of waste from seas …

NL Times

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Thousands of volunteers help clean up plastic soup in Friesland

3 years, 6 months ago

Thousands of volunteers help clean up plastic soup in Friesland

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Wadden Sea cleanup plan could pull 800,000 kg of waste from water

3 years, 7 months ago

Wadden Sea cleanup plan could pull 800,000 kg of waste from water

Environmental groups and nature organizations will collect 800,000 kilograms of waste from the North Sea and the Wadden Sea over the next three years under a plan called CleanUpXL. They …

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Scientists track ocean movement of deadly microplastics from space

3 years, 9 months ago

Scientists track ocean movement of deadly microplastics from space

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Scientists use satellite data to track ocean microplastics

3 years, 9 months ago

Scientists use satellite data to track ocean microplastics

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How a drone army is rising to tackle ocean plastics

3 years, 10 months ago

How a drone army is rising to tackle ocean plastics

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Ocean largely littered with takeaway food and drink items, study finds

3 years, 10 months ago

Ocean largely littered with takeaway food and drink items, study finds

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Stunning DDT dump site off L.A. coast much bigger than scientists expected

3 years, 11 months ago

Stunning DDT dump site off L.A. coast much bigger than scientists expected

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Underwater Robots to Help Find Thousands of Barrels of Toxic Chemicals Dumped in the Pacific

4 years ago

Underwater Robots to Help Find Thousands of Barrels of Toxic Chemicals Dumped in the Pacific

Ocean scientists will soon be taking the help of robot submarines to detect thousands of barrels of toxic chemicals submerged in the Pacific Ocean, near Los Angeles. Barrels and barrels …

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Deep-sea ‘Roombas’ will comb ocean floor for DDT waste barrels near Catalina

4 years, 1 month ago

Deep-sea ‘Roombas’ will comb ocean floor for DDT waste barrels near Catalina

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Plastic pollution: What happens to the plastic after it enters the ocean?

4 years, 1 month ago

Plastic pollution: What happens to the plastic after it enters the ocean?

Of the hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic waste we produce each year, it’s estimated that around ten million tonnes enter the ocean. Image credit: UNCTAD The dizzying variety …

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This ocean cleanup yacht can feed on plastic trash and convert it into fuel

4 years, 2 months ago

This ocean cleanup yacht can feed on plastic trash and convert it into fuel

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