The Ocean Cleanup System 001 Launch “LIVE”

  Unless you have been living under Patrick the starfishes rock house we are sure you’re all well aware of how plastic is clogging the ocean. But if we’re honest, we still ain’t talking the talk and certainly not walking the walk when it comes to individual responsibility. Not only is it actually f**king ridiculous it’s also straight up unhealthy on multiple grounds.  Tackling the issue on land is hard enough, but attempting to rid the oceans of this chronic disease is almost unfathomable. The logistics alone would give any math demi-god a migraine. On the 8th September, a potentially helpful tool was deployed from San Francisco to at least chip away at the gargantuan problem.   Picture a 2,000-foot tube with a 3m summer frock dangling below it. The idea is that the tube will be drawn into a U-shape by currents, where it will collect plastic detritus floating in all its forms. From here specialized ships will pull in and do battle collecting all the plastic kak before lugging it off to a land for recycling. If it all goes swimmingly this oversized pool noodle will be towed out to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, that massive swirling patch of […]