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World's first ocean system targeting plastic pollution to launch in 2016
Al Jazeera
World's first ocean system targeting plastic pollution to launch in 2016
http://alj.am/1G9me8C
The world's first system designed to rid the oceans of plastic pollution will be deployed near Japan in 2016. It aims to capture half of the plastic found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — a large concentration of marine debris located between Hawaii and California. Boyan Slat, the 20-year-old who designed the system, said his inspiration for the organization came after a diving holiday in Greece where he realized he was coming across more plastic bags than fish.
Read more: Tiny beads known as microplastics
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