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63,000 pounds of trash pulled from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

• anakaine 5y ago
  International problems require international units of measurement. 28.5 tonnes. Basically one big semi trailer worth of a small continent sized problem. Keep the effort going!
  • throwawaysea 5y ago
    Thanks for putting that into context. I don’t want to be overly negative, but it feels like a small amount for a month long mission. Am I missing something?
    • sul_tasto 5y ago
      Per the article they are still in the testing phase, with plans to scale up.
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