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04.13.18

The official cleanup is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2018. Slat predicts they'll be able to collect half the plastic in the patch in just five years.

I wonder how far along they've gotten.
Thanks for the Internet rabbit hole I'm about to crawl into.

That's how all my rabbit hole trips start. Just go ask Alice when she's 10ft tall. (youtu.be)

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I think we found the same site. He's going to hit the rivers that are carrying the plastic debris to the ocean too. I want an Interceptor. (theoceancleanup.com)

His twitter is pretty awesome too: https://twitter.com/BoyanSlat

In the spirit of the Greta posts - this kid gets no media coverage and he is actually working on a solution to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.