A terrifyingly large collection of trash, more than twice the size of Texas, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, continues to grow in the Pacific Ocean, creating problems for both sea creatures and humans. https://bit.ly/2VpIlIL | AccuWeather

57K views · 5.6K reactions | According to our projections, we expect to be able to clean the entire Great Pacific Garbage Patch (containing 100,000,000kg of plastic) using ten systems based on System 03. This animated video shows our vision of this future: | The Ocean Cleanup | Facebook

62K views · 4.9K reactions | BREAKING: The Ocean Cleanup has now removed 200,000 kg from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. System 002/B has made its first extraction of 2023 - 6260 kg of plastic out of the GPGP. This brings us to an exciting milestone - together, we have now cleaned up over 200,000 kg of plastic from the GPGP. | The Ocean Cleanup | Facebook