A recap of what happened over the last four weeks in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. | The Ocean Cleanup

Footage of Yesterday’s extraction in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Another good catch in the bank for System 002. On to the next one. | The Ocean Cleanup

Did you know there’s a massive floating island of plastic in the Pacific Ocean twice the size of Texas? Known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it contains over 80,000 tons of plastic, trapping marine life and disrupting entire ecosystems. If we don’t stop plastic pollution, experts predict that by 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean by weight. These plastics break down into toxic chemicals that poison marine animals and eventually make their way into our food chain. Do yo