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New Tech to Clean Ocean Plastic Pollution

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Using Parachute with a Barrier System Work Source:  Ocean Cleanup Pacific Garbage Patch Success from Ocean Cleanup Ocean Cleanup is a foundation, headquartered in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, that develops advanced systems to rid the world's oceans of plastics.  They just reported the successful use of parachute-like devices as part of their Ocean Project System 001B in the Pacific's so-called Garbage Patch to aggressively capture ocean plastic pollution and it worked brilliantly.  001B is a highly advanced barrier system to retrieve the global dumping of plastics in the oceans. The addition of the parachute-like device, enhanced the capture of ocean plastic into the barrier. Parachute-Like Devices Attached to Barrier Worked Beautifully The Pacific Garbage Patch, loaded with plastic pollution that gets worse environmentally daily, is three times the size of France and twice the size of Texas.  Floating plastic is light, fast moving and difficult...