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Huge trash-collecting boom in Pacific Ocean breaks apart

LOS ANGELES — A trash collection device deployed to corral plastic litter floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii has broken apart and will be hauled back to dry land for repairs. Boyan Slat, who launched the Pacific Ocean cleanup project, told NBC News last week that the 2,000-foot long floating boom will be towed 800 miles to Hawaii. So it’s really not a significant departure from the original plan.” Previously Slat said the boom was moving slower than the plastic, allowing the trash to float away. A ship towed the U-shaped barrier in September from San Francisco to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an island of trash twice the size of Texas.

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A massive floating device created to clean up the Pacific Ocean breaks down

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

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

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Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch: where world's trash collects-英语点津

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