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Ocean Cleanup Device Returns with First Batch of Plastic

December 13, 2019

Via: Waste360

The 2,000-foot-long floating tube that skims the ocean’s surface to collect plastic pollution has returned after weeks navigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Fast Company reports that after months of “research, failures and reconfigurations,” The Ocean Cleanup’s device brought back 60 1-cubic-meter bags filled with plastic trash.

Now, the next step for the nonprofit is to recycle the materials into new, sustainable products. According to the report, The Ocean Cleanup is working with partners to create an infrastructure that can clean, sort and recycle the plastic it collected. The first batch of products is expected to launch in September 2020.

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