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The great ocean clean-up! Watch the incredible moment scientists extract 10 TONNES of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – the largest single catch to date
2022-10-20
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is largest plastic accumulation in world

  • It is estimated to contain a whopping 2.41 million tonnes of plastic

  • This month, scientists removed 10 tonnes, bringing total removed to 145 tonnes
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  10 thousand whole tons? Out of 2.41 MILLION tons?
Whoop de do.
Get back to me when they make a dent in the total.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2022-10-20 22:24  

#6  Did they take it back to China/Viet Nam where most of it came from?
Posted by: Frank G   2022-10-20 20:50  

#5  Ima wanna see ‘em scoop up tons of Pelosi-Botox
Posted by: Gloluting Lumplump5370   2022-10-20 20:33  

#4  So impressive! Weight equivalent to a block of seawater 7 ft on a side.
Posted by: KBK   2022-10-20 20:07  

#3  I want to see the documentary where they sweep up tonne after tonne of "masks".
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-10-20 18:43  

#2  Virtue show
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-10-20 17:50  

#1  I guess I don't understand why they would drop it all on deck instead of some container for land-based sorting? Seems a walking hazard at least.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-10-20 17:47  

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