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System 03 - or Josh - has performed its first plastic extraction in the GPGP - the first of many to come! A promising start - more extractions coming soon as we optimize and test System 03 on its maiden trip.

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Abraham'S🅣 ☀️3 years ago

amazing, thanks to you, the ocean will be clean and free of plastic.

Dafizelnator3 years ago

I'm amazed that I don't see any fishes caught up in the net.. 👏👏👏

shane3 years ago

How do you prevent marine life being caught? And how come so little marine growth seen on the garbage? Great initiative and well done 👍

The Ocean Cleanup3 years ago

@shanelk335 We designed a number of features (the Marine Animal Safety Hatch) to prevent animals from getting caught. The main reason that plastics we catch look clean is that the water of this region is very poor in nutrients. Learn more via the FAQ page of our website!

xDorsoft 🌞🤝🌏3 years ago

Good job guys, congrats ☕

WTFIH3 years ago

Hard to believe, this is happening to our planet. Sad

Sonny Bullaj3 years ago

Making a real change in a wildlife habitat

Jake Thatcher3 years ago

Keep up the good work! Humanity appreciates you cleaning up our mess. The scale needed to cleanup the ocean shows the importance of stopping the plastic flows at their source, our rivers. Just like you are doing 🦸‍♂️🥇

Robert Jones 🇺🇲🦅3 years ago

Extracting pollution from the ocean is great, but I have to wonder, how much diesel fuel is burned per ton of plastic removed? This ship is MASSIVE and likely burns thousands of gallons of diesel per day!

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