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In reply to the discussion: World's first ocean plastic-cleaning machine set to tackle Great Pacific Garbage Patch [View all]Maeve
(42,223 posts)19. There was just an article about that in the WaPost
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World's first ocean plastic-cleaning machine set to tackle Great Pacific Garbage Patch [View all]
sl8
Apr 2018
OP
Lots of reports on how/why this is failing--starting from the refusal of many forms of plastic
hlthe2b
Apr 2018
#9
at least if the bags are disposed in the available trash barrels in parks/trails in my community...
hlthe2b
Apr 2018
#41
As the article says, this can't itself collect microparticles at all
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2018
#40
Can't disagree with what you say, but I stand by assertion that the $40meg is not a waste of money.n
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2018
#42