Massive device created to clean up plastic in the ocean has broken
A 2,000-foot-long system created to clean up plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean is broken and being towed back to port for repair.
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Plan to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch gets underway
An ambitious project to clean up the ocean's plastic pollution got underway over the weekend as members of The Ocean Cleanup project began towing their system out to sea.
French man to cross Great Pacific Garbage Patch on 6-month swim
A French swimmer has begun an attempt to swim across the Pacific Ocean, a journey that will take him through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in a bid to raise awareness of plastic pollution.
Great Pacific Garbage Patch now three times the size of France
A huge, swirling pile of trash in the Pacific Ocean is growing faster than expected and is now three times the size of France.
