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The Ocean Cleanup - Great Pacific Garbage Patch
September 9 , 2018
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- Engineers set to a trash collection device to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean up the world’s largest garbage patch in the heart of the Pacific Ocean.
- The project, known as System 001, will begin its test launch off the coast of San Francisco.
- The massive floating device was created by The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit founded by Boyan Slat when he was just 18 years old.
- With approximately 60 devices like System 001 active, The Ocean Cleanup estimates it can remove 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in five years.
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