[HN Gopher] First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage...
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       First 100k KG Removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
        
       Author : crecker
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2022-07-25 20:41 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (theoceancleanup.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (theoceancleanup.com)
        
       | throwaway81523 wrote:
       | They estimate that there is around 80,000 tons (8e7 kg) of
       | plastic in the patch, so they will have to scale up quite a lot
       | to make any dent in it.
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch#Si...
        
         | aksss wrote:
         | Per article: "100,000,000 kg if we include the Outer GPGP.
         | Thus, if we repeat this 100,000 kg haul 1,000 times - the Great
         | Pacific Garbage Patch will be gone...we are ready to move on to
         | our new and expanded System 03, which is expected to capture
         | plastic at a rate potentially 10 times higher than System 002
         | through a combination of increased size, improved efficiency,
         | and increased uptime."
        
           | dane-pgp wrote:
           | > 1,000 times ... a rate potentially 10 times higher
           | 
           | So with System 03 they would need to do 100 missions (and the
           | missions take maybe a year?) but if they had funding for ten
           | of these deployments and ran them simultaneously then the
           | problem would be gone in 10 years (after complementary
           | measures are taken to prevent the patch from growing).
           | 
           | I wonder if the International Maritime Organization could
           | mandate that all fishing gear be marked with unique barcodes,
           | and require countries to check that all boats heading out
           | into international waters have recorded those barcodes
           | against their ship registrations in a global public log. The
           | biggest political problem with that would be allowing other
           | countries to do inspections to ensure compliance.
        
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       | cercatrova wrote:
       | And put where? Are they recycling it for new products?
        
         | jjeaff wrote:
         | Even a landfill would be preferable to floating loose in the
         | ocean.
        
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