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(5,719 posts) Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:52 AM Oct 2018

Ocean Cleanup Project System 001 now deployed in (not so) Great Pacific Garbage Patch

After a few weeks of testing closer to the California coast, it is now at its functional location in the patch. It will be interesting to see how it works at actually capturing plastic now it's out there.

https://www.theoceancleanup.com/system001/

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Ocean Cleanup Project System 001 now deployed in (not so) Great Pacific Garbage Patch (Original Post) OnlinePoker Oct 2018 OP

Thank you. Bookmarked. I forgot that I'm supposed to be following this. lamp_shade Oct 2018 #1

An update from a couple of days ago - First plastic OnlinePoker Oct 2018 #2

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1. Thank you. Bookmarked. I forgot that I'm supposed to be following this.

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Wed Oct 17, 2018, 01:53 PM

Oct 2018

I spent hours watching the initial launch. Next > "Coming Up - Catching the first plastic"

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2. An update from a couple of days ago - First plastic

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Fri Oct 26, 2018, 08:56 AM

Oct 2018

From Boyan Slat's (the man who started it all) Twitter:

It will still take a few weeks before real conclusions can be drawn, but some early observations:
+ very small pieces seem to get caught too
+ no interactions with marine life observed
- plastic occasionally leaves system again. Now analysing behavior data to understand why

Link to tweet

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