Established in 2013 by Dutch inventor Boyan Slat, The Ocean Cleanup cleans plastic to protect the Earth. Finally, his biggest work has yielded results in the past days, and he has managed to extract 100 thousand kg, that is, 100 tons of plastic, from the ocean. But they say they are only at the beginning of the road. Here is why…
There are 100,000 more tons of plastic in the ocean!
Continuing its charitable works in the Netherlands and the USA, The Ocean Cleanup is running a project similar to the garbage catchers that IMM has placed on the shores of Istanbul. Of course, although it is similar in logic and working style, it is thousands of times larger in size.
Thanks to the system installed upstream on the ocean, 100,000 kg of plastic can be caught at a time. The video in the Tweet we shared below shows how this process is done in detail.
Although 100 tons of plastic is captured in one go, this takes a lot of time. In other words, after the installation, it is necessary to wait for weeks or even months. Moreover, according to the institution, with this study, only 1 out of 1000 plastic in the oceans could be cleaned.
In other words, there is another 100 thousand tons of plastic in all the seas and oceans of the world. Of course, this data belongs to collectible and observable plastic. That is, except those that sit on the bottom of the water and wash up on the shore. Moreover, there is the problem of micro-plastic, which cannot be cleaned and poses a serious risk to human life.
BREAKING: more than 100,000kg of plastic removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP).
Thank you to our determined offshore crew and supporters worldwide; together, we have now officially cleaned up 1/1000th of the GPGP. pic.twitter.com/DLWPNkspcr
— The Ocean Cleanup (@TheOceanCleanup) July 25, 2022
The company is trying to raise more donations to grow its business. However, this alone is not enough. Because even if it manages to grow 10 times, it will take 30-40 times to clean the entire ocean. But during this time, it will be back to the starting point, as people will continue to pollute. For this reason, the whole world needs to take much more critical steps in the use of plastic.
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