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

An Invisible Island Made of TRASH? | Great Pacific Garbage Patch The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a massive floating plastic island between Hawaii and California, covering 1.6 million sq km. It contains over 1.8 trillion plastic pieces, harming 900 marine species. Much of the plastic comes from rivers and ocean currents, forming a deadly "plastic soup." Urgent action is needed to reduce plastic use, improve waste management, and protect marine life. #greatpacificgarbagepatch #plasticpollution

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