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Could We Power Ocean Cleaning Voyages With The Same Plastics They Collect?

According to recent estimates, rivers carry 1.15 to 2.41 million tonnes of plastic into our oceans every year. The global extravagant plastic usage has resulted in a large mass of floating trash, located in the North Pacific ocean. Following common ocean gyres, the waste plastics come together to form human-made garbage islands. Located between Hawaii and California, the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” has a surface area that is twice the size of Texas and is still growing at a worrying rate.

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12/20/2021

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