Is This The END Of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

Is this the end of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? In this video, we are talking about how The Ocean Cleanup took the initiative to start cleaning our oceans.
We all know that most of the discarded garbage ends up in our oceans, and these form garbage patches. It was calculated that if this continues at the same rate, then by 2025, there would be 1 kilogram of garbage for every 3 kilograms of fish. Even worse, by 2050, there would be more garbage in the ocean than there would be fish! Many different organizations are trying to solve this problem, but the Ocean Cleanup is really making a serious effort to put a dent in the Great Pacific Garbage patch and other places around the world.
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[@prit4820]

Thank you to ALL who worked tirelessly and diligently that helped keep the Pacific Ocean clean.

[@peakluxury9999]

Absolutely! It's incredible to see what they're doing, and the potential long term impact it has.

[@Queef_Chief]

Over fishing causing more damage to our oceans than garbage ever did.

[@joshuasebsebe1047]

They're making a difference 😊

[@NoneofyourBusiness-gy9yw]

@@Queef_Chief how many fish have you eaten hypocrite ?

[@Queef_Chief]

@@NoneofyourBusiness-gy9yw im a Carnitarian. I dont eat sea food🥱

[@twilighttime952]

Great work to all involved. Such a shame this isn't getting more coverage. This should be more widely reported. The damage to the oceans and the death of sea life as a result of all of our garbage is tragic.

[@peakluxury9999]

They're really onto something incredible. It deserves more attention, that's for sure!

[@beeros6496]

This should have been all in the news since the start. Now this far along and looking about clean and still no real coverage? This is by far better news than all the sad news we are seeing.

[@peakluxury9999]

It's great news. They have a KZbin channel and it's worth checking out! Just search The Ocean Cleanup.

[@twilighttime952]

Thx for the tip. Have gone to their channel.

[@jdeere4027]

Not "our" garbage. It's China's.

[@jon99long]

71000 people viewed this video. If each one of us picked up 3 pieces of plastic lying in the streets and parks each day, that would equate to over 77m pieces of garbage that can’t reach our waterways.

[@spencerthomas751]

No its 77,745,000

[@niranjaninaicker1801]

Omnamasivaya

[@effkay3691]

I picked up 4 today

[@jerrym.stites5344]

I've been a commercial fisherman for most of my life and have a multitude of net repair skills and knowledge of the ocean. I've literally spent years of my life at sea and I've personally seen what is happening out there and it affects my heart deeply. I am interested in your volunteer program and feel that with my knowledge and skills I can be of great service to your cause. Please let me know how to get involved. There's a lot more that I can say about myself after my year's of experience with 16 different types of fisheries. I'm still a fisherman yet don't use nets any longer as it began to eat at my conscience with the waste from the by-catch. I was in Florida when they first began the T.E.D.'s program helping to fine tune them. (Turtle Excluder Device). Later while fishing in the Pacific ocean I helped with the F.E.D.'s program in fine tuning them. (Fish Excluder Device). Please let me know if I can be of service to your cause as it would greatly reduce my guilty conscience for what I too have done wrong in my youthful year's.

[@TheHolyCheese75]

Stop commerical fishing for a start. It is one of the biggest threats to all marine life. A large majority of the garbage in the great pacific patch is from fishing

[@suzananda]

Dear Jerry, I'm moved by your message, the knowledge and experience like yours are inestimable to find a clean solution for our futur. If you are interested by any project that improves & protects the sea and Nature, (in an international humanitarian organisation), I'll be happy to give you the information to join them. How can we get in touch privately (I'm am using telegram). (No money involved, it's just a group of volunteers with different knowledges getting together, you may find some close to your location). Wish you fullfill your goal !! By the way, I'm in France, so please don't mind if my English isn't fluent :)

[@mb-3faze]

There's plenty of evidence that the worst stewards of the ocean ecosystem are the very people who benefit from it - the commercial fishing industry. Policy makers literally have to impound boats to stop over fishing because fishing people will literally pull out every single marine creature for a profit and then complain that their livelihood has been destroyed. The cod of the North Sea is one example, the sardines (basically baby fish) of Monterey Bay is another. The fishing people took them all - and they didn't come back. Morally, humans have no right to take *anything* out of the ocean - it's not our domain.

[@Celestinewarbeck]

You are part of the problem

[@jaredoldhouser3301]

​@TheHolyCheese75 how about you stop being a worthless democrat ..........lol

[@glennturnbull5652]

This is definitely what I would spend my money on if I was a Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates. Not some stupid rocket or art collection. Something like this that everybody benefits from. £700,000 is nothing to these people.

[@wisheduknew294]

I agree. But they won’t do it. Jeff Bezos is stingy if you ask me, I don’t know why he won’t spend money on things like this instead of sending himself into space like some dumb ass. What’s the point in that? I would be willing to bet he doesn’t donate to anything.

[@murraydailey8841]

Amen!

[@Mattball82]

This is why I don’t litter. Everyone who says “I’m just one person” needs to remember that billions say the same thing.

[@flexiblestrategist9922]

Yep. I pick up litter in front of my neighbor's house.

[@pappaprosjektet]

I am so proud of the young man that invented this. He started when he was 15 years old to plan this. I guess he is a hero. And me myself and I keep cleaning my own enviroment, like making earth out of own foodwaste, picking garbage in ravines, rivers and streets, and of course....planting of trees and bushes wherever it is possible.

[@MM-io8gc]

typical narcist this isn't about you

[@kimstyles5842]

Time to go back to glass, Butcher paper, wax paper, Brown paper, wax paper milk cartons add anything biodegradable that you remember From the 50s and before.

[@starababa1985]

There were some things sold in cellophane, like noodles, but that packaging would biodegrade in about 3 months after contact with the soil. We also incinerated a lot of trash before dumping the ash in landfills, but there weren't any scrubbers on smokestacks back then.

[@dustup2249]

Looks promising. $770,000 per interceptor is surprisingly low when you look at the results of a single interceptor in a year. The difference before and after clean-up is stunning.

[@snowflakehunter]

Lol. It is a drop in the bucket.

[@timpage5021]

That’s what I was thinking . It should packed into governmental budgets around the world to get a fleet of them. Trim the fat like gender studies and other nonsense and put the money to actual good use .

[@snowflakehunter]

@@dustup2249 those are not actual before and after pictures. The Great Pacific Garbage patch is still alive and very well. It is still twice the size of texas.

[@snowflakehunter]

@@timpage5021 better yet, put it on the companies that produce plastic and use plastic for consumer use. They are the ones who should be paying for the cleanup. Not the taxpayers.

[@timpage5021]

@@snowflakehunter true but if I knew my tax dollars went to something worthwhile like this I’d have no problem whatsoever with it.

[@isaurodominguez6055]

Thank you for anybody and everybody who's ever played a part and helping our world flourish for future generations to come it's just sad that little or no funds ever get distributed to help this great cause

[@Strangernightg]

We would never have had this problem had the world would have done something about it back in the day's of noticing all the pollution in our waterways . But like they say better late than never thank you Ocean clean up and all who noticed and worked so hard handling this needed problem . ❤

[@guidosarduci6664]

A huge Thank-you for all involved with this clean up effort.

[@noluck33]

If you believe this video you are worse off than they are!

[@maryland9987]

Wow! Eternally grateful to those involved for all of your hard work and compassion. Each and everyone of you are awesome!

[@doris-wy5qb]

Anybody who clean the ocean? I need nothing but bunch of heroes. Thank you for saving the ocean and thank you for serving the Earth.

[@infitada]

To everyone and every company that made this happen and the continued awesomeness… thank you 🙏

[@synappticuser7296]

It's fantastic to see the beginning of the huge clean up job that the rivers and oceans of our planet need! Thanks to everyone involved in doing this work! And wishing this campaign huge success!

[@ejeanroh377]

I’m shocked to see in this video that this has been cleaned up and none of our news sources have reported this and made a big deal of it! Our NEWS stations and organizations are a shame! I’m so tired of seeing all the press on Trump and Hunter... I don’t even listen to it anymore... please release more videos about your incredible work....

[@4061earthabcdesong]

True! Such news was seldom covered in the media now. Same case with Japan's release of nuclear wastewater into the ocean! ***We must join hands to stop Japan NOW! Although Japan claims that it has filtered the nuclear wastewater before discharging it, many radioactive isotopes were detected from the water sample or dead fish found in the nearby area earlier!!! So far, Japan claims that the wastewater only contains tritium at an internationally accepted level. Still, tritium is radioactive and could pose a threat to the underwater ecosystem since the wastewater release will continue in the next 30 years!!! ... Kindly refer to the Aug 25, 2023 article titled "Concerns are raised after Japan releases water from damaged nuclear plant" on NPR. In the article, Dr. Ken Buesseler, Senior Scientist in the field of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry from the U.S., raises an alarm over Japan's release of nuclear wastewater into the ocean from now on until 30+ years later ... *** INFORM MORE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS. Let's stop Japan from harming the marine life and ecosystem 🙏🙏🙏

[@robertleem5643]

This is absolutely amazing work, just a shame that other larger companies don't contribute plus we are more interested in exploring space than looking after our own planet

[@Kaiserboo1871]

Wanna know what’s funny. Years ago when I first learned of the pacific garbage patch, my first thought was: why don’t we just get a giant net and collect it all. Low and behold years later someone put that idea to the test.

[@tsak912]

The garbage patch is the size of Texas. Nets aren’t going to solve the problem.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@tsak912 So make a Texas sized net. We’ve built the Pyramids, Great Wall of China, the Panama Canal, and the Burj Khalifa. I’m pretty sure we could do this too.

[@tsak912]

@@Kaiserboo1871 I’m sure we could. I think you’d need at least 2 Nimitz class carriers to drag it.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@tsak912 It’s for a good cause. A few aircraft carriers should do enough. We can’t do anything about the micro plastic, but given enough time those micro plastics will behave and be treated like sand.

[@roxyshow123]

You opened your big mouth and someone stole your idea.

[@mjpaze3434]

Thank You All and God Bless You for helping to keep our world clean for all of us!!!!!!!!!

[@louisjohnson5868]

The factories producing this mess must be made criminally liable, and made to fund this cleanup. Governments must ensure this is done

[@marymarlow3646]

Thank god this is being worked on. I’m constantly devastated by the damage we are inflicting on the environment. Fishing gear is also a problem. So much of it is thrown overboard from commercial fishing. Ocean Conservation Namibia is a small team of people who monitor the seals on their beaches and rescue and release them from entangled fishing gear which gradually and cruelly chokes them to death. They average 600 seals a year. These are just the ones they catch and only possible because seals rest on the beaches unlike other marine life which no doubt is equally affected. Anything looped such as covid masks is a threat to marine life if they wash down storm water drains. This is great work and I hope it gets ramped up to a point where the damage is under control.

[@peakluxury9999]

China REVERSED The Gobi Desert - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5-wqXeLjcZgfZI

[@gregjones3660]

🗑

[@billybushmaster]

As people of the world we need to do away with petroleum based plastics. We can use cellulose plastics that do biodegrade over a period of time Wake up people of the world

[@morsecode9787]

EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS!! SHAME US DOES NOT RECYLE MORE ..WHEMOST OF US IN CITIES PAY FOR TRASH PICK UP ..& ONLY A FEW 💸 MORE TO HAVE YR ♻️ RECY CALABLES ♻️TAKEN AS WELL 🤗 🌎

[@guidedmeditation2396]

The dirtiest people in the world are what need to be addressed. This STUFF didn't get there by itself. Its a bit like blaming paint cans for Graffiti.

[@DarylMCDeath]

Its a long way....but i believe in the new generation...My and elder generations can hate all they want...this new Gen is build different...in a f ing amazing positive way...not that they dont have their weknesses^^ But who not?

[@fabioferla4664]

Non finirò mai di ringraziarvi per l'immane lavoro che state facendo per ripulire gli oceani. Siete dei supereroi

[@rebecca9091]

Thank you! This is great to see! Im taking an Oceanography class and i just did my final paper on the garbage patch. Wonderful to see its working. Its those 1000 rivers where most of the trash is coming from that needs to be stopped before it hits the seas. Hooray

[@danam.8709]

Thanks China and India and S.E. Asia the U.S.A. may get blamed on media, but like Air pollutants, Plastic pollutants are your "special" gift to the world. Thanks Intersepter and Ocean Cleanup.

[@John-xn3sc]

May the lord bless each and everyone of your team. I promise to not use plastic bags ever again and this is because the shock this video gave me I didn’t believe how much plastic gets into our seas and oceans just by us not disposing of it properly You guys are truly amazing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@skinthekat0530]

God has been on vacation for the last Billion years. Only people can fix the mess that people make.

[@ghostshirt1984]

​@@skinthekat0530 Lol if god really cared about the ocean then he would not have created man kind to mess it up😂

[@tsunamis82]

It’s not just plastic bags, there is plastic in so many household items including your house. Just look around one room. Paint, flooring, electrical wiring, light fittings, light switches, furniture etc. I am positive you can find more.

[@captaincapitalism264]

@@ghostshirt1984 God gave us this world AND free will...can you not see that it's a test? He didn't give fish, amphibians, or anemones free will -- just US. As the saying goes, the Lord helps those who help themselves.

[@captaincapitalism264]

@@skinthekat0530 While I'm betting that's also true (on vacation or asleep; how long is a 'day' to God?)...prayers for the Ocean Cleanup folks are never a bad idea. Jesus promised that every prayer is at least heard. And even quantum theory research has indicated that positive mental thoughts likely have positive outcomes in the physical world.

[@rickeywhite8253]

Thank You for the effort to clean our seas of plastics. Your organization has opened my eyes to how I can reduce my plastic pollution. I love the beaches ofTexas, having fished them since 1967. Please tell me how can help. At 71 years of age I am limited in physical effort, but I can still get around. Thank all of you for the effort❤

[@philandeswilliams1975]

🤔I'm disappointed that you have not included a link to the Ocean Cleanup Group website to funnel would be supporters to them.👈🏿 🤔But, I'm glad you did the story because it is a great cause I don't think I have heard about before or just maybe not took note of before.👍🏿🙋🏿‍♂️👍🏿

[@peakluxury9999]

Appreciate the comment, I didn't think of adding their info to the description, but I'll do it now.

[@philandeswilliams1975]

@@peakluxury9999 Cool.😎👍🏿

[@Foxhunter49]

One way to stop some of this is to demand less use of plastic. Gone are the days when vegetables were bought loose, tomatoes, mushrooms and the like were put into paper bags, no plastic was used. Meats fish and cheese were wrapped in grease proof paper. Drinks were in returnable glass bottle. A deposit was charged and when the bottle returned you got it back. Milk was also in glass bottled which were used time and time again. So much could be done to help.

[@mariedenisecallaway9497]

I am so saddened by our careless disregard for our beautiful oceans! Thank you to those who are doing something about it and cleaning it up!! We should all get on board with this!!

[@herbb8547]

Most of that garbage is being dumped by local governments spread across Asia. It is much cheaper to dump it in the ocean than recycle or burn it in an incinerator. It is not just people dumping it in rivers. It is local governments of many nations doing this. Cleaning the ocean without helping these local governments to handle their garbage more responsibily is a short term strategy and will not make much difference in the long run. Also, it would take hundreds of these systems to clean the Pacific Ocean.

[@juliegale3863]

I have followed the ocean’s clean up, I think it is wonderful.

[@tonjegunasekera4961]

Thank you!! To everyone involved with the great ocean cleanup!! To all: let's go plastic free!

[@rob214]

Let's recycle all plastic it's never going away

[@monocerotis6917]

My heart warms to see this effort!! If I had a lot of money, billions or millions, I would have donated a lot to this project!

[@karonhorne9922]

Thank you for all the hard work you are doing cleaning our oceans. You are doing an amazing job 👏👏👏

[@Vanyali]

you are absolutely right about the systems being good and you are also right about prevention, that's why those systems of TOC are a bit premature it's easy to come up with some system, improve it and if there is money build it to clean rivers and oceans, it's a good initiative, and could be done at any time ! reason why it never happened before is because of the prevention issue, these systems clean, but can't prevent, that is harder work, political work ! the donations made to TOC are probably mostly western donations, economic rich country's, so made by people who still have to pay yearly sometimes a rather large sum for there own garbage collection in their own city's/country's at the moment, you could say these donations go to the cleanup of other country's garbage ! only by working with those country's and potentially giving them technology and advise to often just start their own garbage collection facility's and make sure collection in those country's is done properly can we prevent it from entering rivers and by extension our oceans, so those donations now used on those systems would be better spend in garbage collection in poorer country's 750k/river clean up system could prevent most of that garbage to enter those rivers in the first place when a majority of those country's have that collection inside their country's, we can start cleaning rivers and oceans, after those are cleaned, we can still use those machines to maintain rivers everywhere, even western country's (no, we aren't innocents to the problem), so like anything everywhere, money is in my opinion invested in the wrong solutions to effectively and efficiently clean up oceans, first you got to stop the source, corruption in poorer country's is at this point the source. The current solution in progress is sweeping with the tap open (and the tap isn't the rivers, it's the country's themselves) ! The west, even though we're not innocent to the problem, can't solve this problem without support of the governments at the source but asking donations is easier then asking governments to implement their own garbage collection facility's I wanna help and support those initiatives.

[@Eberhard2011]

The ocean and river cleaning robots are an exiting way of saving our environment. This is a really good thing to do.

[@anna-taniatransylove5762]

Ihave so much respect for you people and hope you earn good money with it, which is very well deserved...best of luck

[@karlhoffman5290]

Thank you to India and Asia and Africa and South America for contributing so much plastic we can be happy about cleaning it up

[@hugicrafter]

This is so sad that we are the cause of the greatest mass extinction. It all starts with us. I always throw garbage in the trash can and never would I throw garbage in the ocean or any other body of water! Thank you there are people who do something about it!

[@sunjungsonne]

Corporations need to take responsibility for what they produce

[@jamescarter3196]

LMAO, "I always throw garbage in the trash can"--- individuals throwing trash directly in the ocean is not why there's hundreds of miles of it out there. Guess what happens with that trash when they empty the can? Goes to a landfill hopefully, but a lot of it ends up getting dumped in the ocean and that's why we got the garbage patch, not from mom and pop leaving McDonald's wrappers on the beach.

[@rafsandomierz5313]

@@jamescarter3196 People leaving trash can produce the same amount, not so long ago trash wasn't seen as much of a problem and many of them were lying everywhere almost everywhere was plastic.

[@batcatowler1972]

Thank God for the people working on this problem!❤️

[@SomethingGreenx]

Keeping the beach clean is important but the majority of trash in the ocean is from rainstorms which then sweep the trash in rivers so most of it comes from citys. I find this to be really important dont just keep the veach clean but the streets aswell throwing trash next to a bin is just as bad as throwing it into the ocean.

[@mrmyth5846]

Stopping litter at the source is the ultimate answer. I live in East TN and it sickens me to see the amount of litter along our roads and highways. If we can get into the heads of those that litter this can stop what we see is a major issue in the oceans. Get it cleaned up but let’s get it stopped where it starts. Let’s elminate the need for cleanup. Please STOP littering people. Look at what you have done.

[@elenasullivan4522]

The main issue is that third world countries don’t have proper areas to dispose of trash and so it inevitably ends up in water ways. We continue to distribute things to these areas but they have no where to put them to decompose.

[@tonydisibio4236]

I am very Proud of all the People and Countries involved in this Most Important Endeavor for the Earth and all of its Oceans, Thankyou very Much.

[@arumforyou]

Great job! However, as other have pointed out, the problems continue until people are better educated.

[@EM-qx3hx]

The people that are devoting their lives to this are true heroes. Now the next step is to stop production of single-use plastic. Please take your own multi-use bags to the grocery store 🙏

[@4061earthabcdesong]

Please join hands to stop Japan from releasing nuclear wastewater into the ocean! We must stop it NOW! Although Japan claims that it has filtered the nuclear wastewater before discharging it, a few times earlier, many radioactive isotopes were detected from the water sample or dead fish found in the nearby area!!! So far, Japan claims that the wastewater only contains tritium at an internationally accepted level. Still, tritium is radioactive and could pose a threat to the underwater ecosystem since the wastewater release will continue in the next 30 years! ... **Please INFORM MORE PEOPLE TO BEWARE THIS. Everyone should STOP JAPAN from harming the marine life and ecosystem 🙏🙏🙏

[@4061earthabcdesong]

Reference: the Aug 25, 2023 article titled "Concerns are raised after Japan releases water from damaged nuclear plant" on NPR. *** In the article, Dr. Ken Buesseler, Senior Scientist in the field of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry from the U.S., raises an alarm over Japan's release of nuclear wastewater into the ocean from now on until 30+ years later!!

[@fatmanwookie5180]

Well done you should be proud of what you've done thank you

[@wheelsofafrica]

Great to have a bit of good news. Congratulations to all concerned. RESPECT.

[@azrielnguyen9586]

$770,000 ?! I thought it was going to be $77 million or something. That is literally chump change, less that Brandon's diaper allotment.

[@herbb8547]

Just one of these systems is not going to make much difference. It would take hundreds, if not thousands, of these systems to make a significant difference. The oceans are really big and there is an incredible amount of plastic in just that one area of the Pacific Ocean. It is not about using plastic, it is about either recycling or disposing of it in a responsible way. Until much of the world, especially Asia, does that, the problem will continue to grow.

[@dbrand9535]

Unfortunately these worthy attempts to capture the floating plastic are nothing more than a fart and a wind storm. It's cheaper to produce new plastic then to recycle used, until that changes the problem won't go away.

[@daniellem2992]

Wow! This is Amazing. This is the stuff we need to hear about. We need hope and to see progress and to support the people who help the world.

[@MrNurserob]

In Los Angeles, our Interceptor 007 in Ballona Creek, which is where street runoff drains into the ocean, has been removing trash before it gets to the sea since it was put in. It’s no excuse for the city of Los Angeles’ decision to reduce street cleaning, which would greatly reduce trash going into the drainage system, which has been a hugely irresponsible decision, but it’s been very effective so far according to available information.

[@jacekpaszkowski2000]

We have all this money for wars but never enough for initiatives such as these.

[@VarmintLP]

To me it should be the responsibility of the companies that work with plastic to create alternatives to use less plastic or make a recycle project. Like in Germany. Every small can got something called Pfand. You bring your bottle somewhere and even on events you have either randos walking and picking it up if you don't care or they will search the trash cans and basically get the bottles and cans to make some money themselfs.

[@pgnandt]

Better would be just making pollution and littering illegal. Strictly enforced.

[@VarmintLP]

@@pgnandt Still doesn't prevent it. Accidents can happen. Plastic should be replaced with biodegradable stuff by the companies and receive support by the government.

[@pgnandt]

@@VarmintLP Having laws well enforced would definitely prevent it. Beverage container exchanges leaves out all the other plastic material. What do you do with that?

[@TheBaldr]

It is recycling that is part of the problem. Most of these floating garbage sources come from Southeast Asia where they say they take the world's recyclable plastic to recycle, but only manage to do about 20%-40% and dump the rest which mostly in the ocean. Wonder why this is not a problem in the Atlantic and other oceans?

[@elsiecater156]

We have states making a little push to out plastic that cannot be recycled but in supermarkets meat is on paper like tray and then covered with plastic some suctioned onto yet a bad plastic tray oh we won't have any plastic but oh my how much is there. What is needed is products made of plastics both recycled and especially the non recyclable ones same as material so much synthetics we have forgotten that gotten and wool plus other natural fabric is better, the weather is hotter in summer as seen over the last year who can wear synthetics and feel cool I cannot wear it aas it cooks me let's get our brains working start with the little ones and build up from there, stop the plastic sucky things for kids try to think what will happen to this plastic?

[@docevans5971]

Thank you all who do this. Everyone on Earth owes you.

[@hexhex7220]

Cape Cod ( Massachussetts) beaches are covered in plastic tampon applicators. Guessing comes to shore after floating from the garbage dumped at sea by large cities US East coast. Absolutely mind blowing .

[@jamescarter3196]

In the '80s I used to hear a lot about medical waste coming up on East Coast beaches, hypodermic needles in the sand and stuff like that.

[@jackwilloughby239]

There is a process of "Reverse Polymerization" that was developed with Tyson Chicken. It turned the waste from turkey processing back into a Petroleum product using high pressure and super-heated steam. The Petroleum was used at the processing plant as fuel for heating. It was later discovered the process was effective in turning Plastic Waste into fuel, but also could be used to make other useful Polymers. The process is feasible because the amount of energy required to break down the plastic is recaptured in the fuel and there was a surplus of usable Petroleum. It was covered by National Geographic Magazine quite a few years ago, but somehow received little notice. Now with 3d printing being done on such a large scale, even to the extent of houses being built in a few days, the process could be used to end Homelessness.

[@farallimacha]

This process you talking about is fantastic solution but as you noticed it needs a lot of energy. It works well on small scale in laboratories but upscaling is a real challenge.

[@marieslabbert6009]

These guys are the real heros of our world, not some arrogant billionaire that spent $44 billion to buy a brag project, destabilise it with his ignorance to just go on to another. Just think what a real impact that money could have made on our earth, not Mars or the moon, but the wonderful planet that gives us all life, but is daily abused and taken for granted.

[@iprincemajestic2.0]

Companies who manufacture plastics should be forced to either pay for these projects or subsudize them by law!!!!

[@effkay3691]

I know some plastic companies sponsor many Spelling Competitions around the world

[@davidweststrate9379]

Several years ago a local beach was covered with medical waste. Yes, there was immediate action to find the source and stop it. When children were picking up used syringes there were results. It will take more than indangered marine life

[@edwardgilmour9013]

This is all very noble but the waste is NOT being recycled as there is no market for the resulting product. Why not put a deposit levy on fishing nets to encourage the return of faulty nets?

[@pgnandt]

Correct. Your plastic water bottle is made of PET and is not recyclable.

[@ilokivi]

Good work. Taking litter home and disposing of it responsibly is better than treating our planet as a tip.

[@alanebright938]

Listen to the geographies of the rivers. Politicians try to play this off as a 1st world problem. Polluters are all from 3rd world. 1st world solves the problem.

[@jdeere4027]

Don't be racist, that would make too much sense. Wonder why White America is the strongest yet cleanest nation on Earth. F China.

[@kiwi5265]

First world also lest the shit get produced there and ships his trash to these countrys knowing its getting into the oceam

[@michaelcavalier8750]

I agree. I strongly prefer making the countries that cause the vast majority of the problem be the ones that pay for it.

[@tellyusi1381]

May all nations work hand in hand in cleaning the ocean !

[@colibri59]

We all have to be responsible for our acts , let’s not put garbage in the seas, oceans, rivers and anything that runs with water, that is the least we can do!

[@jburnett8152]

It would be so great if the United Nations would work on this and address certain nations instead of scheming to bring down America 🇺🇲

[@roymcwhorter8319]

Every plastic company in the world should have to fund this.

[@raybeats9074]

Can't wait to donate!!!! Thank you all!!!!!!!!!

[@abadana.2979]

Schools worldwide should implement Education subject for Nature protection in all matters, water, air and land.

[@jasbarsoph]

It should be compulsory for Government’s from around the planet should be donating money every year to help support this cleanup.

[@la_tete_dans_les_nuages]

governments must finance an efficient waste collection and treatment system, if the waste ends up in the ocean there is a big problem upstream

[@vmac6589]

Fantastic! Hopefully we can adopt these systems all over the world fast!

[@pangsweehuat4414]

World should appreciated your hardworking on this 👍

[@goodcitizen7064]

This is great but you know what would eliminate 99% of all oceanic waste? Personal responsibility.

[@viketouliepienyu2421]

All the countries located along the coastline are responsible for the mess and so they should be made to pay for the expenses of the ocean cleanup .Rich people and Rich companies should be made to contribute something for this great initiative.

[@mountainboyoakley3119]

Don't stop, never surrender and keep it moving because education is important about plastic..

[@lisadunn2208]

Bless the people who are working on this 🙏🙏❤

[@beany2456]

Amazing job we have to look after our world. Thanks too you guy’s we are part way’s there.

[@MrigankKumar-jy1xn]

Don't know why humans not understanding that the Earth is our home and we need to keep clean ,polution free.😔😔 And then only we can live here. So let's take a pledge to keep our home planet clean 😊😊😊

[@CFGRacing]

Notice there are no drinking straws in any of the batches they pulled up. To hell with all the local governments pretending to do anything by banning straws ONLY.

[@jacquesjohnson1387]

Praise the father for these innovative people who has accepted the responsibility for cleaning the oceans. I am so encouraged by these great people who have embarked on this global problem

[@msx701]

thank you for working on this mess, I feel terrible just thinking about it even though I live 2000 miles away from an ocean

[@sabinereimer7809]

There are more garbage patches in the oceans... not only one! I am living on a small island in the northern Atlantic ocean. This northern Atlantic garbage patch is more likely a garbage stream... floating most of the time from west to east because of the ocean currents and the western blowing wind. I and my friends are constantly cleaning up the beaches. Some are so remote and hard to reach that's nearly impossible to transport the collected waste to a place where it could be officially picked up. There is still a lack of awareness... "what I don't see by myself doesn't exist".

[@frdml01]

I have seen truck loads of garbage being dumped in South Asian rivers. That's where we need to stop ocean pollution. We are mopping a wet kitchen floor when we really need to close the water tap.

[@davidj.leavitt249]

Wow! This is fantastic. What is the maximum depth that is gleaned? Plastic, like bags and other garbage are known to “hang out” floating in a 25’ zone beneath the surface.

[@DhanaVictoria]

Thanks 🙏 a lot ocean clean up company ☺️

[@keithbyrom4719]

What a fantastic job you have done

[@tellyusi1381]

Thank you rescuers for your kind hearts and souls and May God bless your hearts and souls and every needs met n more abundantly Amen!

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

The major problem with stuff like this is it is a world wide issue, and only a few select countries do anything about it. Much like air pollution in where countries around the world are desperate to cut back emissions at all cost, while others keep building coal generators and such constantly like China. There is also the issue of where to put the trash that is in the ocean. Sure it's bad it's there, but landfills and recyling programs already are over stressed to the point a lot of "recycling" companies just dump the product and don't actually recycle it. We have a problem with the creation of trash more than exactly what we do with it after we are done with it.

[@mary-janesmiley8166]

Thank you for all the work you are doing to clean the water of our world. Blessings to all of you..

[@johnnycarey1254]

fantastic work all the people involved deserve all the praise they get it gives us hope for the planet and the young people who will be the next guardians will be more aware of the danger of plastics and polymers all things we just discard without a thought keep up your good work and thank you from all the people who love the environment we owe you a debt we can never repay. God bless

[@4061earthabcdesong]

Please join in to stop Japan from releasing nuclear wastewater into the ocean! Stop it NOW! Although Japan claims that it has filtered the nuclear wastewater before discharging it. But a few times earlier, many radioactive isotopes were detected from the water sample or dead fish found in the nearby area. So far, Japan claims that the wastewater only contains tritium at an internationally accepted level. Still, tritium is radioactive and could pose a threat to the underwater ecosystem since the wastewater release will continue in the next 30 years! ... ***Please INFORM MORE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS AND JOIN IN TO STOP Japan from harming the marine life and ecosystem 🙏🙏🙏

[@4061earthabcdesong]

Reference: the Aug 25, 2023 article titled "Concerns are raised after Japan releases water from damaged nuclear plant" on NPR. In the article, Dr. Ken Buesseler, Senior Scientist in the field of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry from the U.S., raises an alarm over Japan's release of nuclear wastewater into the ocean from now on until 30+ years later!!!

[@user-hg1xn2uv1u]

Thank you to ALL who worked tirelessly

[@jamesamow5565]

Thank you..may you all be blessed

[@keahi7646]

Although I am glad somebody is doing something to clean the Patch. I do not believe the knuckleheads that drop just one piece of trash in a river or the oceanside so it can blow into the ocean will ever stop. It is too bad, but this will go on forever until plastic is no longer made.

[@Orielzolrak]

if each boats take 50 ton for a day and you must to clean 8.000.000 each year , you need 450 boats for clean that plastic that get in seas

[@shereemorgan1430]

I now only buy glass containers, no more plastic. I am old enough to remember when that was our only option!

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

I try to do the same but it is getting harder and harder to find. Products seem to be switching to plastic. Still one can favor the glass. sometimes I do without if I can't find what I want that is not packaged in plastic.

[@caroleboucher4558]

If all the movie stars , singers , hockey players etc ……. across the world would donate a million dollars to this charity ,it would help a lot .

[@michellemyner5650]

The young man who invented this new invention is my hero his invention will finally start cleaning the oceans after so long and just in time for the world's weather could start making things worse thus is why it's so important to support our young with love and education they will be our saviors

[@kennygaming208]

We need to donate so they clean more oceans

[@neilreid2298]

This is incredibly important work. I need to look more into this.