In August 2023, we deployed System 03 to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the first time. We’ve got a lot of questions from you on how System 03 operates, what we do to keep it safe for marine life, what happens to our catch after we extract it - and many more. Subscribe to our channel to stay updated: https://bit.ly/371k8sN

Watch our on-board experts in the GPGP answer your questions and give more insight into how we’re ridding the oceans of plastic during one of the last trips offshore this year. What else would you like to know?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:32 How long do you tow the cleanup system before extracting the plastic?
01:28 Why aren't there more cleanup systems deployed? Every country should help.
03:12 What happens to the extracted plastic?
04:16 How many plastic straws do you find among the plastic catch?
06:01 Can we dump plastic waste to space?
07:18 How do you avoid catching fish and other marine animals?
09:16 Have you considered alternative driving technologies for the ships (e.g. solar panels)?
11:40 How is your work being financed?
12:22 Where can I donate?

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System 03 is a cleaning system which removes plastic from the ocean,n early three times larger than our previous technology and capable of cleaning the area of a football field every five seconds.

The system consists of a floating barrier approximately 2.2 km (1.4 miles) long, which is towed between two slow-moving vessels. This barrier suspends a screen extending 4 meters (13 feet) below the surface of the water, where most floating plastic is encountered.

System 03 is The Ocean Cleanup’s third iteration of cleaning technology and was deployed to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) in August 2023 following testing with System 001 and the success of System 002, which extracted over 250,000 kg (620,000 lbs) of plastic from the GPGP between 2021 and 2023.

Learn more here: https://theoceancleanup.com/updates/s...
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