Most Ocean Plastic Flows From Rivers. Can Giant Trash Barriers Stop It? | World Wide Waste
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A teenager's plan to clean ocean plastic using natural currents failed, leading to the nonprofit Ocean Cleanup removing over 200 metric tons of trash from the Pacific by focusing on rivers to intercept waste before it reaches the open waters. The organization aims to deploy a thousand interceptors in polluted rivers like the Rio Motagua in Guatemala, adapting their approach to suit each river's unique circumstances.
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- The initial plan to eliminate ocean plastic by using natural currents failed, resulting in a continuous influx of plastic into the ocean at a staggering rate of a garbage truck's worth every minute.
- The nonprofit Ocean Cleanup has shifted its strategy towards intercepting waste closer to its source in rivers, successfully removing over 200 metric tons of trash from the Pacific and aiming to deploy a thousand interceptors to tackle pollution in rivers worldwide.
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How did the teenager plan to eliminate ocean plastic?
By using natural currents to collect debris in a U-shaped barrier.
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Teen's plan to clean oceans with barriers
- In 2012, a teenager devised a plan to eliminate ocean plastic by using natural currents to collect debris in a giant U-shaped barrier.
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was expected to self-clean in five years, but the plan failed, with a garbage truck's worth of plastic entering the ocean every minute.
- The nonprofit Ocean Cleanup has removed over 200 metric tons of trash from the Pacific, focusing on intercepting waste closer to its source in rivers.
- The organization invented interceptors to capture waste in rivers before it reaches open waters, aiming to deploy a thousand of them.
- The Ocean Cleanup installed an interceptor in the Rio Ozama in the Dominican Republic, redirecting trash towards the machine for collection.
- The nonprofit aims to shift focus to other polluted rivers like the Rio Motagua in Guatemala, adapting their interceptors to suit each river's unique circumstances.
