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Espiritdescali ( Espiritdescali@futurology.today ) M to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 years 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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Espiritdescali ( Espiritdescali@futurology.today ) M to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 years ago
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Nonprofit environmental organization The Ocean Cleanup has announced that it can clear the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within a decade.
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  • Rediphile ( Rediphile@lemmy.ca ) 
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    And puts it where?

    • Comment105 ( Comment105@lemm.ee ) 
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      The Atlantic

    • Mycatiskai ( Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca ) 
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      I think their idea is to put it into new plastic products.

      • Ranger ( Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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        So it can go back into the ocean.

        • Mycatiskai ( Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca ) 
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          Gotta stay in business somehow.

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    • /home/pineapplelover ( pineapplelover@lemm.ee ) 
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      A crawl in the positive direction

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          Bad move. Think of the knockdown effects.

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    I wonder if they figured out how to remove the garbage without hurting the blue sea dragons that are living in there.

    Obviously the garbage has to get out of the ocean, I just remember that the last I heard about it a few years ago they had to stop because they were accidentally hurting and killing the very wildlife they’re trying to protect. It’s a shitty catch 22 we’ve created, but I hope they succeed. That garbage has been there too fucking long.

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    Nonprofit environmental organization the Ocean Cleanup has announced that it’s on track to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2034.

    If it can get the necessary funds, that is. In a press release, the organization claimed that eliminating the patch once and for all would cost a whopping $7.5 billion

    The title seems rather misleading. “We’re on track if someone just gives us 7.5 billion USD” is a really big if. It doesn’t seem like they are close to raising those kinds of funds either.

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