Novel Technology to clean the ocean of plastics

[jedishrfu]

http://www.upworthy.com/a-dutch-boy...he-ocean-to-clean-itself-turns-out-he-s-right

This young Dutch inventor is set to solve a major ecological problem cleaning the great garbage patch in the ocean between Hawaii and California in a cost effective and possibly profitable way.

I hope he succeeds.

 

[phinds]

I hope he succeeds.

Indeed.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Plastic in water ways is such a big problem. Just yesterday we had a load of garbage wash up on the beach in Milwaukee right in front of our prizes art museum.

Here is another related story

Lab 'Accident' Becomes Mutant Enzyme That Devours Plastic
https://www.livescience.com/62328-plastic-eating-enzyme.html

I assume the problem is production.

 

[Stephenk53]

Reminds me of a while ago when a helicopter was sent to go to a discovered "land mass" that turned out to be a massive trash pile floating in the ocean