[WATCH] Ocean Cleanup Takes On the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Worth 100 Million kg of Plastic

A new video from The Ocean Cleanup demonstrates its extraordinary effectiveness in combating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The non-profit's machines are featured in the video, which claims that ten of them would be sufficient to make a significant change in the oceanic garbage problem, as reported first by Interesting Engineering.

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a marine collection of garbage that is so big that it is frequently referred to as a garbage island. The company was founded in 2013, and it has since set its eye on addressing the garbage problem.

It is regarded as the world's greatest zone of ocean plastics and is twice the size of Texas. The area is estimated to have up to 1.8 trillion pieces of junk, but that number is declining quickly.

The Ocean Cleanup has come a long way since introducing its trash-eating machines. It is currently changing from the System 002 barrier it started with to the considerably larger System 003, which will also capture plastic more effectively and up to 10 times faster than System 002.

These new technologies will have a length of 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) and be U-shaped. They will be towed by boats and use a 13-ft-deep (4-m) skirt to collect ocean plastic waste in a chamber that will be discharged once they reach land, according to Interesting Engineering.

Gigantic Pac-Man

The company referred to its device as a gigantic Pac-Man in 2018. The debris will be directed to the system's core due to its shape. According to a press release at the time, the system will skim the ocean's surface while moving slightly quicker than the plastic.

The Ocean Cleanup intends to reduce the amount of plastic in the oceans by 90% by 2040 through a two-pronged strategy. One is the development of System 003. This new system will also act as a model for the fleet of clean-up systems that the non-profit aims to construct in the future.

The second strategy is avoiding the initial dumping of plastic waste into the ocean. To help remove plastic pollution before it even reaches the oceans, the non-profit is developing and testing interceptor devices across river systems.

Ocean Cleanup's video expertly depicts the effort performed by the System 003 machine to remove trash from the water. Watching the trash be gathered and directed to a secure area for effective disposal instills great confidence that our waters can be cleaned.

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Written by Joaquin Victor Tacla