{"id":222514,"date":"2019-11-08T13:46:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T13:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/?p=222514"},"modified":"2019-11-08T13:46:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T13:46:23","slug":"an-innovative-massive-floating-device-is-now-being-used-to-clean-out-all-plastic-waste-in-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-t1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/an-innovative-massive-floating-device-is-now-being-used-to-clean-out-all-plastic-waste-in-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-t1\/","title":{"rendered":"An Innovative Massive Floating Device Is Now Being Used To Clean Out all Plastic Waste In The Great Pacific Garbage Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_222499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222499\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-222499 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-1.jpg 730w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-1-400x263.jpg 400w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-1-640x421.jpg 640w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-1-255x168.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: https:\/\/inhabitat.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For the first time in history, an enormous floating device has been designed and used successfully to clean the ocean and collect trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This innovative cleaning machine was invented by Boyan Slat, a 25-year-old Dutch inventor and engineer. It is made up of a long line of cork floats that holds a huge skirt, which traps all the trash below it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Recently, the Ocean Cleanup made an announcement that this system was able to capture garbage such as visibly seen plastic debris, tiny microplastics as small as 1 millileter, to large fishing gear that was left in the ocean, better known as \u201cghost nets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'>\nif (detectWidth() < 768) { \ndocument.write(\"<div style='text-align:center;'><span style='text-align:center; font-size:12px; color:#777;'>Advertisement<\/span><center><!-- TA_MOB_G1_BTF3_300x250 t4\/2+ fb (content) --><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/117607917\/TA_MOB_G1_BTF3_300x250'><\/div><\/center><\/div>\");\n} else { document.write('<div id=\\'wi-194906\\'><\/div>'); jQuery('#wi-194906').closest('.side-widget').hide();\n}\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nif (detectWidth() < 768) {document.write('<div id=\\'wi-193994\\'><\/div>'); jQuery('#wi-193994').closest('.side-widget').hide(); \n} else { \ndocument.write(\"<div style='text-align:center;'><span style='text-align:center; font-size:12px; color:#777;'>Advertisement<\/span><center><!--TA_G1_BTF1_728V in content --><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/117607917\/TA_G1_BTF1_728V'><\/div><\/center><\/div>\");\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_222500\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222500\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-222500 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-2.jpg 730w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-2-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-2-255x170.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: https:\/\/www.bibliotecapleyades.net<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Slat came out with a statement saying:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cAfter beginning this journey seven years ago, this first year of testing in the unforgivable environment of the high seas strongly indicates that our vision is attainable and that the beginning of our mission to rid the ocean of plastic garbage, which has accumulated for decades, is within our sights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our team has remained steadfast in its determination to solve immense technical challenges to arrive at this point. Though we still have much more work to do, I am eternally grateful for the team\u2019s commitment and dedication to the mission and look forward to continuing to the next phase of development.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Ocean Cleanup Project\u2019s high-tech system was launched last June in Vancouver, Canada. This variety of devices come with solar-powered lights, cameras, sensors and even satellite antennae that allow the users to view everything through the GPS.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to marine biologists who have been tracking this innovative system, marine life still has the freedom to swim around this massive boom and there is no negative environmental impact by using this new machine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_222502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222502\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-222502 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-4.jpg 730w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-4-400x240.jpg 400w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-4-640x384.jpg 640w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Giant-Floating-Machine-4-255x153.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'>\nif (detectWidth() < 768) {document.write('<div id=\\'wi-194140\\'><\/div>'); jQuery('#wi-194140').closest('.side-widget').hide(); \n} else { \ndocument.write(\"<div style='text-align:center;'><center><!-- \/117607917\/TA_G_1x1_outstream t4 --><!-- div data-outstream='inarticle'><\/div --><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/117607917\/TA_G_1x1_outstream'><\/div><\/center><\/div>\");\n}\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nif (detectWidth() < 768) { \ndocument.write(\"<div style='text-align:center;'><center><!-- \/117607917\/TA_G_1x1_outstream t4\/fb 2+ --><!-- div data-outstream='inarticle'><\/div --><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/117607917\/TA_MOB_G_1x1_outstream'><\/div><\/center><\/div>\");\n} else { document.write('<div id=\\'wi-195018\\'><\/div>'); jQuery('#wi-195018').closest('.side-widget').hide();\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ocean researched, Charles Moore discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch back in 1997, which has eventually grown to be the biggest accumulation zone of plastic in the ocean world. Moore told CBS News that plastics are the #1 cause of environmental devastation across the planet, adding:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cHumanity\u2019s plastic footprint is probably more dangerous than its carbon footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Experts and conversationists have repeatedly warned that plastics and micro plastics are continuously polluting the oceans and water supplies by giving out carcinogenic toxins and chemicals to the marine life. Plastic containers are also ultimately killing marine wildlife by trapping them under water.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the last couple of years, plastic pollution has reached massive proportions that an approximate 100 million tons of this trash is now polluting the world\u2019s oceans. Around 80 to 90 percent of plastic waste found in bodies of water comes from land-based sources.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to a report that was completed for the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland has 2016, it has been estimated that the plastic waste found in the ocean will outnumber all the fish by 2050.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>What are your thoughts?<\/em> <strong>Please comment below and share this news!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\">True Activist<\/a> \/ Report a typo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in history, an enormous floating device has been designed and used successfully to clean the ocean and collect trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.\u00a0 This&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1819,"featured_media":222499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[1770,12137,12138],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - 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