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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

Cleanup Group Says It's on Track to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Cleanup Group Says It's on Track to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

Nonprofit environmental organization The Ocean Cleanup has announced that it can clear the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within a decade.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36161054

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They thought of that, too. There are a finite number of rivers responsible for bringing the vast majority of trash into the ocean

https://theoceancleanup.com/rivers/
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  And the fishermen in the ocean?

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