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The great Pacific garbage patch is even trashier than we thought
The ocean is flooded with plastic.
Aug 23, 2012
Sea Chair Project Collects Ocean Plastic Garbage to Make Stylish Sitting Stools
Of all the ideas for dealing with the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, this one may be closest to home —...
Jul 24, 2012
Plastic-Eating Underwater Drone Could Swallow the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
A new underwater drone concept could seek and destroy one of the ocean’s most insidious enemies, while earning a profit...
Jul 26, 2010
Plastiki, the Boat Constructed from Plastic Bottles, Sails into Sydney After Pacific Crossing
Four months and 9,000 miles after setting sail from San Francisco, Plastiki – the boat fashioned from 12,500 plastic bottles...
Jul 15, 2010
One Man’s Giant Pacific Garbage Patch Is Another’s Beautiful Island Nation
It’s an ambitious recycling project to be sure, but Dutch visionaries want to turn the Pacific Garbage Patch into a...
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Message In A Bottle
Explorer David de Rothschild promotes ocean cleanup on a plastic-bottle raft
