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Jul 25, 2022 · Today, our operation in the Pacific Ocean reached an exciting milestone: The Ocean Cleanup has now officially removed more than 100,000 kg of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). Since deployment in August 2021, System 002 (or “Jenny”) has now collected 101,353 kg of plastic over 45 extractions, sweeping an area of ocean of ...
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world and is located between Hawaii and California. Scientists of The Ocean Cleanup Foundation have conducted the most extensive analysis ever of this area.
Apr 9, 2024 · Our current solution – which we call System 03 and is currently deployed in the GPGP – is around 2.5 kilometers (1.4 miles) in length and capable of cleaning an area of ocean equivalent to a football field every five seconds.
The Great Pacific garbage patch (also Pacific trash vortex and North Pacific garbage patch[1]) is a garbage patch, a gyre of marine debris particles, in the central North Pacific Ocean. It is located roughly from 135°W to 155°W and 35°N to 42°N. [2] .
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is the largest accumulation zone of ocean plastic waste in the world. It is located halfway between California and Hawaii. And it is getting worse, fast.
May 10, 2023 · The GPGP is the largest of the five, having grown to 1.6 million km² – triple the size of France. It’s located in the North Pacific, between Hawaii and California. Data suggests that there are around 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic floating in the patch, from microplastics to what they call “megaplastics” over 50cm.
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Nov 9, 2022 · The exact location of the GPGP varies annually but at the edge of the accumulation zone, mean surface concentrations can sharply increase by two orders of magnitude 3.
